OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences	Room(s): 216 Worrilow Hall
Principle Investigator(s): Y. Jin	Date: 1/23/01
Inspector(s): Leslie York-Hubbard, Yan Jin	Period: Winter 2000

Area	S	UNS	NA	Comments (CHO Response)
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Emergency Posting?	X
After hours work?	X			will have buddy when working after hours
Windows covered?	X
Unauthorized occupants?	X
Chemical inventory available?	X			(Update inventory. Last submitted 6/99)
MSDSs in lab?	X
RTK/CHP training?		X		(No current training on record, Y. Jin last trained 3/99.)
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
Breaker/Circuit identification?			X
Ground fault protection?			X
GENERAL SAFETY:
Housekeeping/egress?	X
Tripping/slipping hazards?	X
Surplus equipment?	X
Hot surfaces/equipment?		X		needs hot plate label
Refrigerators/freezers?	X
Safety shower/eye wash?		X		has excessive waste blocking eyewash
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			Bernie - to see if extinguisher training
Detectors/sprinklers?			X
Combustible storage?	X			will separate flam. and nitric acid
Extinguishing systems?			X
Special concerns?	X			there is dust coming from vent
CHEMICAL CONCERNS:
Spill kits?	X			Baking soda and sand - will look into spill pad material
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			have rad. cesium
WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Quantity of waste accumulated?	X			Will contact to have waste removed
Segregated in proper containers?	X
Properly labeled?		X		will label and call OHS for removal
Properly stored/secured?		X		should be in secondary container
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			look into goggles
PPE made available?	X
Safety glasses being worn?		X		will purchase eyeware *get chums
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	x			Cs
Hydrofluoric acid
Infectious Agents
Lasers
PCBs
Pesticides
Recombinant DNA
Reproductive hazards

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