OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences	Room(s): 150 Townsend Hall
Principle Investigator(s): T. Pizzalato	Date: 5/25/00
Inspector(s): G. Hendricks, T. Pizzalato	Period: Summer 2000

Area	S	UNS	NA	Comments (CHO Response)
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Emergency Posting?		X		Information has been sent to K. Morgan.
After hours work?	X
Windows covered?	X
Unauthorized occupants?	X
Chemical inventory available?		X		TP will gather information and submit .
MSDSs in lab?		X		When inventory is complete, will ask secretary to download MSDS's.
RTK/CHP training?	X			(T. Pizzalato 5/00)
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		Plug in hood frayed. Send to FIXIT.
Use of extension cords?		X		Need power strip for microscopes.
Breaker/Circuit identification?			X
Ground fault protection?	X
GENERAL SAFETY:
Housekeeping/egress?	X
Tripping/slipping hazards?	X
Surplus equipment?	X
Hot surfaces/equipment?	X			Supplied with labels.
Refrigerators/freezers?	X
Safety shower/eye wash?		X		New, has yet to be tested.
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		New, not yet inspected.
Detectors/sprinklers?	X
Combustible storage?	X
Extinguishing systems?	X
Special concerns?	X
CHEMICAL CONCERNS:
Spill kits?		X		Will get vermiculite, sodium bicarbonate.
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		Unkown until chemical inventory complete.
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
VENTILATION
Fume hood in use?		X		Installation not complete nor inspected.
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				Unknown until inventory complete.
Animals			X
Bloodborne pathogens			X
Carcinogens				"
Heavy metals				"
Hydrofluoric acid			X
Infectious Agents			X
Lasers			X
PCBs			X
Pesticides			X
Recombinant DNA			X
Reproductive hazards				"