OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences	Room(s): 125 Worrilow Hall
Principle Investigator(s): W. Pill & H. Frick	Date: 12/12/00
Inspector(s): Wally Pill and Hugh Frick	Period: Winter 2000

Area	S	UNS	NA	Comments (CHO Response)
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Emergency Posting?	X
After hours work?	X
Windows covered?			X	No window
Unauthorized occupants?	X
Chemical inventory available?	X			(Submit updated inventory, last on 6/98)
MSDSs in lab?	X			Not all
RTK/CHP training?		X		(W. Pill overdue - last on 10/97)
Job Hazard Analysis?		X		(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			One
Breaker/Circuit identification?		X		now locked
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
Combustible storage?	X
Extinguishing systems?	X
Special concerns?			X	None
CHEMICAL CONCERNS:
Spill kits?	X
Storage by hazard?	X
Flammables/combustibles?	X
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
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		loud vents
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
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				none
Animals
Bloodborne pathogens
Carcinogens
Heavy metals
Infectious Agents
Lasers
PCBs
Pesticides
Recombinant DNA
Reproductive hazards