TypesofHazardRev

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ews
Area/Group Technology Rev
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ew:
Recogn
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z
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ngthatR&Dact
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v
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t
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es
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napart
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culartechnologyareamayproceedforacons
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derablelengthoft
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me
w
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thouts
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gn
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f
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cantchanges
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nthe
level
ofworkplacehazards,anArea/GroupTechnologyRev
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ewmaybe
cons
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deredtoprov
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deanappropr
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atemeansofcontroll
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ngsafetyandhealth
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ntheworkenv
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ronment.The
Area/GroupTechnologyRev
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ewopt
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oncanalsobeusedasabasel
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nerev
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ewforareasnothav
i
ngany
documentedhazardrev
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ews
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nplace,to
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dent
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fyspec
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f
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cprocesses,equ
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pment,and/ortasksthatmayrequ
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rea
furtherevaluat
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onofhazardsandsafeguards.
I
t
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ssuggestedthatanArea/GroupTechnologyRev
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ewshouldbe
usedasastart
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ngpo
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ntfordepartmentsnothav
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nganestabl
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shedHazardRev
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ewprocess.AnArea/Group
TechnologyRev
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ew,orwelldocumentedpeerandstaffrev
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ewsusedtomanagechange,arethem
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n
i
mum
expectat
i
onforR&Dpersonneltoensurethatworkplacehazardsarecontrolled
i
nanappropr
i
atemanner.

Expectationandrequirements:

R&Dmanagementshalldeterm
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netheappropr
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atenessofth
i
stypeofrev
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ewandpart
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c
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pate
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ntherev
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ew.
I
t
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srequ
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redthatallpersonnelass
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gnedtothetechnologyorworkareashallbepresentorrev
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ewthe
completeddocumentat
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on.
Sen
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orTechn
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calpersonnelshallconducttherev
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eww
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ththepart
i
c
i
pat
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onofotherteammembersas
appropr
i
ate.

See"ResourcesAva
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lable"forotherstaffgroupsthatcanbeut
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l
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zedasneededtosupportarea/technology
rev
i
ews.Personnelass
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gnedtothesepos
i
t
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onsarerequ
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redtohaveabroadunderstand
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ngofallact
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v
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t
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esw
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th
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n
the
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rass
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gnedareas.Theyareapr
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marysourceof
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nformat
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onregard
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ngrequ
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redtra
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n
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ng,vent
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ngprocedures,
OSHAandothergovernmentregulat
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ons,and3Mpol
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c
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esandproceduresastheyapplytotheR&D
commun
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ty.ContactyourR&DLabSafetycontact
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fneededforhelpdeterm
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n
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ngappropr
i
ateattendees.

Documentat
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onfrompr
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orArea/GroupTechnology,Peer,and/orStaff
Level
Rev
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ewsmaybeusedasthe
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nformat
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onbasew
i
thadd
i
t
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onsorchangestoreflectcurrentcond
i
t
i
ons.Theserelatedhazardrev
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ewscanalso
bel
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nkedtogethertohelpconsol
i
dateallrelevanthazard
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nformat
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on
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ntoonelocat
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on.

Documentat
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onto
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ncludeonanArea/GroupTechnologyrev
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ewaredescr
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bed
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n
InformationRequiredfora
HazardReview
.
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nadd
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t
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on,thefollow
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ng
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nformat
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oncanalsobe
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ncluded
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ntherev
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ew:

L
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stofallprojects
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nthearea
Floorplanoutl
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neshow
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ngequ
i
pment,chem
i
calandmater
i
alstorage,ex
i
tsandsafetyequ
i
pment
L
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stofchem
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calsandmater
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alsw
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thquant
i
t
i
esrout
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nelyused
i
ntheworkarea
Locat
i
onsormeansofaccesstoMSDS's.
Therev
i
ewshouldd
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scuss
i
nageneralmannerthetypesofact
i
v
i
t
i
esthatarethatarecommontothework
area.
Th
i
scould
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ncludearev
i
ewofthegeneraltypesofchem
i
cals,the
i
rhandl
i
ng,general
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zedreact
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on
chem
i
str
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es,equ
i
pmentoperat
i
on,andworkpract
i
cesorothertypesofact
i
v
i
t
i
es.
Atouroftheworkshallbeconductedto
i
nsurethatallsafetyrelatedequ
i
pment
i
s
i
nplaceandwork
i
ng
properly.

Note:
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fthere
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sanyquest
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onofhazardcategoryproceedtothenexth
i
gher
level
ofrev
i
eworconsultyourEHS
contact.


Projectsintheareasaroundthe
workareas

List
Chemicalandmaterialsroutinely
usedinthearea

Locationandmeansofaccessing
MSDSs

Included

Floorplanshowingequipment,chemicaland
Discussionofthetypesactivatesthatarecommonto
materialstorage,exits,andsafetyequipment
theworkarea

Conduct
Touroftheworkareatoinsureallsafetyrelatedequipmentisinplaceandworkingproperly.
SeeF
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gure1belowfortheprocesstoconductArea/GroupTechnologyrev
i
ews:

Oneofthepr
i
maryfunct
i
onsoftheArea/GroupTechnologyrev
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ew
i
stheestabl
i
shmentofsoundwork
pract
i
cesthatallowR&Deffortstoproceedatat
i
melypacew
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thoutcomprom
i
s
i
ngsafety,wh
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lecomply
i
ng
w
i
threlevantsafetyandhealthregulat
i
onsand3Mpol
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c
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es.

Becausetherangeandrelat
i
vehazardsofact
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v
i
t
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esw
i
th
i
n
i
nd
i
v
i
dualgroupsvar
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essubstant
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allyth
i
srev
i
ew
shallbeusedtoestabl
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shthefollow
i
ngwork
i
ngparametersforthegroup:

Def
i
n
i
t
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onofLow,Moderate,andH
i
ghHazardPotent
i
alsasperta
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nstotherangeofact
i
v
i
t
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esnormally
encountered
Rangeandvar
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ab
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l
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tyoflowhazardact
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v
i
t
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esnotsubjecttofurtherrev
i
ew
Level
ofact
i
v
i
t
i
esthatcanbesafelyperformedouts
i
dethenormalbus
i
nessworkday
Work
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ngaloneandcoveragepol
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c
i
es

Low,moderateandhighhazardareasincludesthefollowingpossibleexamples,(PeerReviewifnotcoveredin
PerviousArea/GroupReview):

Hazard Level Example

LowHazard
Handl
i
ngofrout
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neanalyt
i
calsamplesand
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nstrumentat
i
on
Smallscalereact
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onsw
i
thoutexotherms
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nlaboratoryhoods
React
i
onsperformedw
i
thnonflammablereagents
S
i
mplefiltration
Closedsystemchem
i
calreact
i
ons

Moderate
Exotherm
i
creact
i
ons
Hazard
Heat
i
ngofflammablesabovetheflashpo
i
nt
Order
ofmagn
i
tude
i
ncreases
i
nvolume
Allnewequ
i
pment

HighHazard
I
temsw
i
thdoubleaster
i
sksontheHazardRev
i
ewForm
UnresolvedPeerRev
i
ews
Whenapotent
i
alex
i
stsforser
i
ousbod
i
lyharmofanyk
i
nd

Table2.Examplesofeachofthethreehazardlevels.

Chem
i
cal

Useth
i
srev
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ewtypetounderstandthehazardsofthechem
i
calsyouarework
i
ngw
i
th.Th
i
s
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ncludesrev
i
ew
i
ng
thetox
i
c
i
tyandchem
i
calexposuretoanemployeework
i
ngw
i
thchem
i
calsubstances.Th
i
s
i
sprudent
laboratorypract
i
ceand
i
salsorequ
i
redbyOSHAandTSCA.

Equ
i
pment

Usetorev
i
ewthesafeguardsandtheoperat
i
onoftheequ
i
pmenttoavo
i
dposs
i
ble
i
njuryresult
i
ngfrombod
i
ly
contactw
i
thmov
i
ngpartsorstat
i
onaryobjects,
i
nclud
i
ngmechan
i
calequ
i
pment,partsanddev
i
ces.Formore
deta
i
led
i
nformat
i
on,reference8.2.1Mov
i
ngParts,
i
ntheGLP.
Lab Ex
i
t
i
ng

Appl
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eswhenan
i
nd
i
v
i
dual,agroup,oranent
i
relaboratoryvacatesaresearchanddevelopmentlaboratoryor
p
i
lotplantspace,
i
nclud
i
ngoff
i
cesandsharedstorageareasusedbyvacat
i
nglaboratorybu
i
ld
i
ngoccupants.
Youmustcompletetheappropr
i
ateform,located
i
ntheGLP,8.12CleanupProceduresect
i
on.

New / Remodeled Lab

Whenaneworremodeledlab
i
sbe
i
ngsetup,
i
t
i
stherespons
i
b
i
l
i
tyoftheemployee(s)toensurethelab's
read
i
nessforoccupancybycomplet
i
ngasurveyoftheroomforsafetyandenv
i
ronmental
i
ssues.Formore
i
nformat
i
on,reference1.8.1Creat
i
ngaSafeWork
i
ngEnv
i
ronment
i
ntheGLP.

Batch Oven

Usewhen
i
nstall
i
nganoventoensuresafeoperat
i
ons,
rule
s,andproceduresaremetasper3MCenterBatch
Oven
I
nstallat
i
onCr
i
ter
i
adocument
i
ntheGLP.
Process

Useth
i
srev
i
ewtypeto
i
dent
i
fyr
i
sksandsafeguardsassoc
i
atedw
i
thaprocedureoroperat
i
onthat
i
nvolve
mult
i
pletasks,mater
i
als,and/orequ
i
pment.