OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences	Room(s): 112 Worrilow Hall
Principle Investigator(s): C. Golt	Date: 7/1/98
Inspector(s): Caroline Golt	Period: Summer 98

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		(Please submit current inventory to CHO)
MSDSs in lab?	X
RTK/CHP training?	X			(Last training on 10/97)
Job Hazard Analysis?		X		(Set up JHA Training or visit OHS web page)
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
Refrigerators/freezers?	X
Safety shower/eye wash?	x
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
Detectors/sprinklers?		x		No sprinklers, detector in ceiling?
Combustible storage?	X
Extinguishing systems?				None
Special concerns?
CHEMICAL CONCERNS:
Spill kits?	X
Storage by hazard?	X
Flammables/combustibles?	X
Container labels?	X
Excessive quantities?	X
WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Quantity of waste accumulated?	X			New lab - none yet
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
VENTILATION
Fume hood in use?	X
Fume hood certified?	X
Proper use of fume hood?	X
Fume hood cluttered?	x
Biosafety cabinets?			X
COMPRESSED GASES
Unnecessary storage?	X			None yet
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
Animals
Bloodborne pathogens
Carcinogens
Heavy metals
Infectious Agents
Lasers
PCBs
Pesticides
Recombinant DNA
Reproductive hazards