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The Laboratory Safety Committee has approved policy pertaining to working alone. Review the following documents: To determine needed labels and warnings, the Principal Investigator (PI) conducts a ...
Chemical Containers Labels and warning signs let employees and visitors know a hazard exists. These are important because non-research associates such as maintenance, custodial, security, safety ...
10.2.3 Labeling of samples Samples being actively processed and those in storage need to meet the labeling requirements outlined in 10.2 Labeling chemicals and laboratory samples. If the sample ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has revised their Hazard Communications Standard in 29 CFR to include the adoption of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System (GHS) ...
Module 2: Hazardous communication including review of the key labels, OSHA, GHS, SDS, and pictograms. Module 3: Lab Safety is the main module for understanding one's roles and responsibilities within ...
A chemical hygiene plan (CHP) is a written program stating the policies, procedures, and responsibilities that serve to protect employees from the health hazards associated with the hazardous ...
Labels can be picked up at Science Stores at no cost and a list of common peroxide formers and their testing periods can be found in the EHS Laboratory Safety Manual (this list is not exhaustive, ...
The following general procedures provide guidance to be followed to safely and properly work with toxins in the laboratory. Adherence to this procedure will ensure that employees and students are not ...
Ensure that laboratory-related injuries and illnesses are reported to the Worker’s Compensation Office, EH&S, and the responsible Department Chair, and necessary forms are filed according to current ...