OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences	Room(s): 101 & 104 Worrilow Hall
Principle Investigator(s): D.L. Sparks	Date: 7/2/01
Inspector(s): Leslie York-Hubbard and Jerry Hendricks	Period: Summer 2001

Area	S	UNS	NA	Comments (CHO Response)
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Emergency Posting?	X
After hours work?	X
Windows covered?	X
Unauthorized occupants?	X
Chemical inventory available?	X			For 101
MSDSs in lab?	X			In 101
RTK/CHP training?	X
Job Hazard Analysis?		X		Working to complete (Set up JHA Training or visit OHS web site)
PPE available?	X
No Smoking, Eating, Drinking?	X
Emergency training?	X
ELECTRICAL:
General condition?	X
Use of extension cords?	x
Breaker/Circuit identification?	X
Ground fault protection?		x
GENERAL SAFETY:
Housekeeping/egress?	X
Tripping/slipping hazards?	x
Surplus equipment?	X
Hot surfaces/equipment?		X		Not signed, will get labels (Corrected )
Refrigerators/freezers?	X			will check on incubator
Safety shower/eye wash?	X
Potable water protection?		X		will check on quick release for hose in 104 (Corrected )
First Aid Kits?	X			In 101
Needles/syringes secured?			X
Emergency lights?			X	hallway
Ice machines/microwave ovens?			X
FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS:
Fire extinguishers?			X	hallway
Detectors/sprinklers?		X		no sprinkler system
Combustible storage?	X
Extinguishing systems?		X
Special concerns?			x
CHEMICAL CONCERNS:
Spill kits?	X
Storage by hazard?	X			In 101
Flammables/combustibles?	X			In 101
Container labels?		X		will implement common chemical name
Excessive quantities?	X
Any materials which are highly toxic or carcinogenic require a Standard Operating Procedure developed. Check here for more details.	X			use but do not store in lab
WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Quantity of waste accumulated?	X			In 101
Segregated in proper containers?	X
Properly labeled?	X
Properly stored/secured?	X
PHYSICAL/ ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Equipment clean and operable?	X
Laboratory lighting?	X
Moving parts guarded?	X
Noise levels?	X
Sharp edges, points?			X
Shields used?			X
Temperature?		X		constant fluctuation
Wet floors?	X
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
Proper lab attire?	X
PPE made available?	X
Safety glasses being worn?	X
VENTILATION
Fume hood in use?	X			In 101
Fume hood certified?	X
Proper use of fume hood?	X
Fume hood cluttered?	X
Biosafety cabinets?			X
COMPRESSED GASES
Unnecessary storage?	X
Capped/restrained/labeled cylinders?	X
Proper lines and regulators?	X
Regulators inspected?	X
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: If any of the following are being used in the lab, notify DOHS at x8475.
Acutely toxic chemicals	x
Animals
Bloodborne pathogens
Carcinogens	x
Heavy metals	x
Hydrofluoric Acid
Infectious Agents
Lasers
PCBs
Pesticides	x
Recombinant DNA
Reproductive hazards	x

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