Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com Emergency An event for which an individual perceives that a response is essential to prevent or reduce injury or property damage. Emergency disposal Immediate transportation and disposal of chemical agents/munitions when the senior EOD person determines the health or safety of any person is clearly endangered. Engineering controls Regulation of facility operations using prudent engineering principles, such as facility design, operation sequencing, equipment selection, and process limitations. Engineering or construction Those activities associated with surveying, building, and erecting, dissembling or destroying things. Examples:
Lay/ clear minefields, bridging, quarrying, welding, brazing, roofing, installing electrical wiring, painting, land surveying, demolition, clearing, digging, concrete work, masonry work, dredging, trenching. Environmental factors Environmental conditions, which had, or could, have had an adverse effect on the individual’s actions or the performance of equipment. EOD The detection, identification, field evaluations, rendering safe, recovery, and final disposal of unexploded explosive ordnance or munitions chemical agents.
EOD procedures Those particular courses or modes of action for access to, recovery, render safe, and final disposal of explosive ordnance or any HAZMAT associated with an EOD incident. Establishment A single physical location where business is conducted or where services or operations are performed. Where distinctly separate activities are performed at a single physical location, each activity shall be treated as a separate establishment. Typically, an establishment refers to a field activity, regional office, area office, installation, or facility.
Etiologic agent A viable microorganism or its toxin that causes or may cause human disease, and includes those agents listed in 42 CFR 72.3 of the HHS regulations and any material of biologic algorithm that poses a degree of hazard similar to those organisms. Evaluation A specialized inspection designed to determine the effectiveness of a unit’s safety and health program.
Exclusive Federal jurisdiction (Otherwise termed exclusive legislative jurisdiction.) Applies to situations where the Federal Government has received, by whatever method, all the authority of the state, with no reservation made to the state, except of the right to serve process resulting from activities that occurred off the land involved. Experimental chemical agents Chemical substances being tested, developed, or altered for chemical defense purposes that— are used solely by the military; are contained in items configured as a weapon; and have toxicities equal to or greater than current nerve or mustard agents.
Exposure The frequency and length of time personnel and equipment are subjected to a hazard. Explosion A chemical reaction of any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that, when initiated, undergoes a very rapid combustion or decomposition, releasing large volumes of highly heated gases that exert pressure on the surrounding medium. Depending on the rate of energy release, an explosion can be categorized as a deflagration or a detonation. 113 AR 385–10 • 23 August 2007