OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences	Room(s): 201/204 Worrilow Hall
Principle Investigator(s): R. Carroll & T. Evans	Date: 12/22/98
Inspector(s): Daryl Whittington, Robert Carroll, Lynn Sosnoski	Period: Fall 98

Area	S	UNS	NA	Comments (CHO Response)
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Emergency Posting?	X			Need posting on Rm 204 door
After hours work?		X
Windows covered?	X
Unauthorized occupants?	X
Chemical inventory available?		X		201 needs updating, not available for 204 (Please submit current inventory to CHO)
MSDSs in lab?	X			Not in 204
RTK/CHP training?		X		Need Caroll, Evans, Basnayake
Job Hazard Analysis?		X		(Set up JHA Training or visit OHS web site)
PPE available?	X			Not separately for 204
No Smoking, Eating, Drinking?		X
Emergency training?	X
ELECTRICAL:
General condition?	X
Use of extension cords?		X
Breaker/Circuit identification?		X		Unaccessible
Ground fault protection?				Not sure (Electrical Shop to do survey)
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		In hallway
Ice machines/microwave ovens?	X
FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS:
Fire extinguishers?			X	In hallway
Detectors/sprinklers?	X
Combustible storage?	X
Extinguishing systems?	X
Special concerns?
CHEMICAL CONCERNS:
Spill kits?	x			Not in 204
Storage by hazard?	x
Flammables/combustibles?	x
Container labels?	X
Excessive quantities?	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
Sharp edges, points?		x		Corners of cabinets
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	x
Animals
Bloodborne pathogens
Carcinogens	x
Heavy metals
Infectious Agents	x
Lasers
PCBs
Pesticides	x
Recombinant DNA
Reproductive hazards	x

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