OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences	Room(s): 205 Worrilow Hall
Principle Investigator(s): Teaching lab	Date: 4/8/98
Inspector(s): Janet Shirey	Period: Spring 98

Area	S	UNS	NA	Comments
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Emergency Posting?			x
After hours work?			x
Windows covered?	X
Unauthorized occupants?			x
Chemical inventory available?			x
MSDSs in lab?	X
RTK/CHP training?			x
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
Ground fault protection?		x		Unlabeled if existing
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	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		Ethanol not stored away
Container labels?		x		Write out chemical name
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
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 Animals Bloodborne pathogens Carcinogens Heavy metals Infectious Agents Lasers PCBs Pesticides Recombinant DNA Reproductive hazards	x   x       x			Insects