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Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Laboratory Safety Committee Meeting Minutes |
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Summer 2007 June 13, 2007 PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Attendees: Robin Elliott, Jerry Hendricks, Masayuki Shimizu, Liping Zhang, The meeting was called to order at 11:10 a.m. Spring Lab Inspections Reports Old Greenhouse – food and drinks in freezer (have been removed), Fischer Greenhouse –replace frayed cord to corn sheller (Hawk), Townsend Hall – Men's bathrooms on ground floor is ADA compliant but there is no handicap signs, 150 TNS – ok 151 label on refrigerator needed, hazardous grinder (drill press), test tubes being held by hand are hazardous Worrilow Hall 105 - OK 108 & 110 – SOP for Phenol, Chromium and Hydrazine need completion, need foot switch installed on grinder. 212 SOP for phenol 205 Extension cords needs to be replaced 302 needs spill kit 208 remove 2 extension cords, need spill kit, and sign for hot plate. 101 JHA for centrifuge, 125 gas regulator inspection question 212 job hazardous analysis needed. Maria is working on one. 210 emergency posting at door not updated (Hawk) 216 hot surfaces and refrigerator needs label 201 & 204 ok Wilson Farm House automatic opener and fire door (Jenny is working on), second story window latch is broken, broken bathroom window. Summer Inspections of 2007 will be self inspections. Kevin will do inspections in 112, 125, 201-204, 205, 208. Jerry Hendricks has posted results on website from 1998-2002. Jerry noted that new forms are easily editable and asked if completed reports could be added to EHS Assistant. The problem is following up. Question raised – Do others (Biology) post on web? Biology’s access is restricted, PLSC’s is not. Recommendation: implement compliance procedure. Everyone does not need to see this info. We cannot have a secure website per the IT people. There is a EHS module for lab inspections; but, not sure if files can be stored. NEW BUSINESS Four classes were registered for WebCT Right To Know trainings - 3 completed. 143 enrolled, 49 have not started, and 94 completed. One Botany not completed due to the fact that professor refuses to collect forms. April 25 was a Food Safety Training by Sue Snider with 11 students attending. Purpose was to discuss food donated to Food Bank from Grad Student Vegetable Garden. Blue & Gold wants to participate this year. Three grad student trainings – 11 attended Right To Know Training and 9 attended Chemical Waste Training. Fire Drill will be held 9:00 a.m. on June 15. An additional person is needed to see that the building is cleared. ROBIN ELLIOTT ANNOUNCEMENTS Year End Report due June 30. IT Meeting being held June 15 to get a radioactivity requisition on webforms. Dean was sent homeland security information which was forwarded to Chairs. Jerry Hendricks received and passed on the all PLSC. About half have inventory in EHS and others are close to completion. Over 5,000 comments have been received regarding the rules. A Security Summit was held. May relax Appendix A. Deadline was increased to 60 additional days. We should proceed as without worrying about the extension. The inventory we submit will be verified. Schools targeted are those in metropolitan areas. Total quantities are being looked at. We are in good shape. Training will take a year. Waiver sent out for blood borne pathogens. Undergraduates had to sign form with the understanding that they are responsible for their own health care and will be required to be tested. There is concern about undergraduates (not on payroll) not understanding that this is mandatory. It was brought up to retain part of the fellowship to pay healthcare fee and to be considered “on the payroll.” New Policy – to find alternates while on vacation. We will have a permanent substitute. New tech for radiation treatment – Jane Frank New fire safety training next fiscal year. A $3,000 training unit is in place that is more environmentally friendly. A LCD projection screen will be used to describe fires. Disaster planning is in full swing. The emergency coordinator is Marcia Nickel. Emergency notification communications system is in process. Make sure the EDD form is updated. There is a pull out section in the blue pages. Disaster planning form is a now a webform. Ground fault circuit interrupters are all done. Emergency telephones are needed and being corrected in policy and upgrade, e.g., eye wash – tepid water; fume hoods – alarms and meet standards; laser signs – when in use. Web CT is working on emailing when training complete.
Meeting adjourned at 12:20 p.m.
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