OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences	Room(s): 163 Townsend Hall
Principle Investigator(s): T. Pizzolato	Date: 4/10/98
Inspector(s): Daryl Whittington	Period: Spring 98

Area	S	UNS	NA	Comments
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Emergency Posting?	X
After hours work?	X
Windows covered?	X			No window on door
Unauthorized occupants?	X
Chemical inventory available?		x		Please submit
MSDSs in lab?	X
RTK/CHP training?		X		Pizzolato last trained on 2/94
Job Hazard Analysis?		X
PPE available?	X
No Smoking, Eating, Drinking?	X
Emergency training?	X
ELECTRICAL:
General condition?	X
Use of extension cords?		X
Breaker/Circuit identification?			x	In hallway
Ground fault protection?		X		Does not know
GENERAL SAFETY:
Housekeeping/egress?	X
Tripping/slipping hazards?	x
Surplus equipment?	X
Hot surfaces/equipment?		X		Need stickers
Refrigerators/freezers?		X		Need stickers
Safety shower/eye wash?		X		Located in other room
Potable water protection?	X
First Aid Kits?		X		Located in another room
Needles/syringes secured?			X
Emergency lights?	X			Lab has window
Ice machines/microwave ovens?			X
FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS:
Fire extinguishers?	X			In hallway
Detectors/sprinklers?			X
Combustible storage?	X
Extinguishing systems?	X
Special concerns?			X
CHEMICAL CONCERNS:
Spill kits?		X
Storage by hazard?		X
Flammables/combustibles?		X		Cabinet for storage may not meet code
Container labels?		X
Excessive quantities?	X
WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Quantity of waste accumulated?	X
Segregated in proper containers?	X
Properly labeled?		X		Needs to label
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			4/14/97
Proper use of fume hood?	X
Fume hood cluttered?		X		Needs larger hood
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 Animals Bloodborne pathogens Carcinogens Heavy metals Infectious Agents Lasers PCBs Pesticides Recombinant DNA Reproductive hazards	X X