OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences	Room(s): 105 Worrilow Hall
Principle Investigator(s): Soil Teaching Lab	Date: 6/3/02
Inspector(s): B. Carroll and M. Pautler	Period: Spring 2002

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
MSDSs in lab?	X
RTK/CHP training?	X
Job Hazard Analysis?		X		Working on
PPE available?	X
No Smoking, Eating, Drinking?	X
Emergency training?	X
Lab doors closed?	X
ELECTRICAL:
General condition?	X
Use of extension cords?	X
Breaker/Circuit identification?	X
Ground fault protection?	X			Installed
GENERAL SAFETY:
Housekeeping/egress?	X
Tripping/slipping hazards?	X
Surplus equipment?	X
Hot surfaces/equipment?			X
Refrigerators/freezers?			X
Safety shower/eye wash?	X			Checked 2/02
Potable water protection?	X
First Aid Kits?	X
Needles/syringes secured?			X
Emergency lights?			X
Ice machines/microwave ovens?			X
FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS:
Fire extinguishers?	X			Checked 5/1/02
Detectors/sprinklers?	X	X		No sprinklers
Combustible storage?		X		Improper cabinets (removed flammables)
Extinguishing systems?			X
Special concerns?	X			Will address combustible storage
CHEMICAL CONCERNS:
Spill kits?	X
Storage by hazard?	X
Flammables/combustibles?		X		See under D
Container labels?	X
Excessive quantities?	X
Any materials which are highly toxic or carcinogenic require a Standard Operating Procedure developed. Check here for more details.	X			K2 Cr2 O7 still being used.  Will investigate storage and handling.
WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Quantity of waste accumulated?	X
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
Wet floors?	X
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
Proper lab attire?	X
PPE made available?	X
Safety glasses being worn?	X
Contaminated PPE?	X
VENTILATION
Fume hood in use?	X
Fume hood certified?	X			Checked 3/21/02
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
Proper labeling?			X
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: If any of the following are being used in the lab, notify DOHS at x8475.
Acutely toxic chemicals
Animals
Bloodborne pathogens
Carcinogens				See under E, also under heavy metals & org. reductive hazard.
Heavy metals
Hydrofluoric acid				K2CrO7
Infectious Agents				K2CrO7
Lasers				K2CrO7
PCBs				K2CrO7
Pesticides				K2CrO7
Recombinant DNA				K2CrO7
Reproductive hazards

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