OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

LABORATORY INSPECTION FORM

Department: Plant and Soil Sciences/ Animal Sciences	Room(s): 307 Worrilow Hall
Principle Investigator(s): Shared	Date: 12/14/00
Inspector(s): Caroline Golt	Period: Winter 2000

Area	S	UNS	NA	Comments (CHO Response)
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Emergency Posting?		x		This room needs safety placard.
After hours work?	x
Windows covered?	x
Unauthorized occupants?	x
Chemical inventory available?			x	No chemicals stored
MSDSs in lab?			x
RTK/CHP training?			x	This room is only used intermitenly by people from other labs
Job Hazard Analysis?		x		This needs to be done for some items (ultracentfrifuge) (Set up JHA Training or visit OHS web site)
PPE available?	x			Each person must bring in
No Smoking, Eating, Drinking?	x
Emergency training?	x
ELECTRICAL:
General condition?	x
Use of extension cords?	x
Breaker/Circuit identification?		x		some circuits are identified, others not
Ground fault protection?	x
GENERAL SAFETY:
Housekeeping/egress?	x
Tripping/slipping hazards?	x
Surplus equipment?	x
Hot surfaces/equipment?	x
Refrigerators/freezers?			x
Safety shower/eye wash?	x			No shower
Potable water protection?	x
First Aid Kits?			x
Needles/syringes secured?			x
Emergency lights?			x
Ice machines/microwave ovens?		x		Ice machine needs no food label. (Done)
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			In room 304
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.				Should note use of ethidium bromide at gel doc
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		floor may be wet from autoclave leaks - plumbers often called and problem occurs again
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		needs to have waste disposed of
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.			x
Acutely toxic chemicals
Animals
Bloodborne pathogens
Carcinogens
Heavy metals
Hydrofluoric acid
Infectious Agents
Lasers
PCBs
Pesticides
Recombinant DNA
Reproductive hazards

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