| Fall
2004 September 16, 2004
PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES
SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
The PLSC Safety Committee
Members for 2004-2005 are Cindy Barnett, Tom Evans, Jeff Fuhrman, Caroline
Golt, Jerry Hendricks, Carrie McCool, Maria Pautler, and Jen Seiter.
Attendees: Cindy Barnett, Kevin Eichinger, Tom Evans,
Jerry Hendricks, Leslie York-Hubbard and Maria Pautler.
Absent: Jeff Fuhrman, Carrie McCool and Jen Seiter.
The minutes were taken by Cindy Barnett.
The meeting was called to order at 1:40 PM.
OLD BUSINESS
Cliff Keil’s storage cabinet is still in the first floor Townsend
Hall stairway. Jerry will speak to Julie Burton.
Teresa’s work with greenhouse safety needs is ongoing.
The security cameras issue is still in process and there is no
news available at this time.
Toby Pierce and the project to back up all departmental files is
ongoing.
NEW BUSINESS
Web CT training: Every September everyone needs to complete the “Right-To-Know” training.
Here are the numbers of individuals who currently need to complete
the training and how many have done so.
| |
#
registered
|
#
completed
|
Basic RTK |
231 |
111 |
| Advanced RTK |
91 |
21 |
| New Graduate
- Non-Lab |
5 |
1 |
| New Graduate
- Lab |
3 |
2 |
| Chemical Waste |
23 |
10 |
These numbers
are from
the ones that turned in their
signed completion form and grade. More still may be coming.
101 WOR - need Arsenic SOP/JHA
threshold needs replacing
150 TNS - nothing
cited
151 TNS - RTK needed
105 WOR - JHA being
worked on
201/204 WOR - RTK,
JHA in process
205 WOR - GFI not
marked
212 WOR - JHA in
process
Kevin talked about the new
chemical waste containers that are available.
- Corrosive waste containers should ALWAYS be used
when the ph is less than 4 and greater than 10. These
containers
are
available
for
$61.00
(60% cost
savings).
Corrosive waste containers are rated 3-5 PSI. Four
will be made available for each lab.
- Solvent waste containers are also available for everything
that is not corrosive. The solvent waste containers
are $65.00 each
and they
are available
on line
through UDMART and they are FM approved. These containers
have a wide mouth and no funnel
is needed. This is a huge benefit – funnels can
range from $60 and up. HPLC ports are available per
request. Kevin also wanted to stress that if anyone
is ever experiencing and unexpected reaction to call
911 or the Safety & Occupational
Health office.
The Corrosive waste containers are labeled with yellow
labels and the Solvent Waste Containers are labeled
with red labels.
Leslie
told everyone
that
there is a supply of extra labels at the office.
Lab Inspections:
A notice was sent out in September that everyone would do a “self-inspection
and Jerry has received 7 of these to date.
Outstanding items:
101 WOR:
- SOP written for arsenic and Tiffany Thomas is working
on this
- threshold on the floor stills needs to be replaced
-label drinking water
-fume hood cluttered, trying to obtain additional hood
-improper chem waste
containers
150 TNS – completed
151 TNS – “Right-To-Know” training needed for Mulrooney,
Gregory
105 WOR – Job Hazardous Analysis needed
201 & 204 WOR– “Right-To-Know” training still
needed, Job Hazardous Analysis
205 – GFI outlets need to be marked
212 WOR- Job Hazardous Analysis in process
208 – fume hood needs to be recertified.
Maria questioned about the right height for the sash
for proper protection. Kevin said to pull the sash
to a comfortable
level
to properly cover
the neck & face
area for protection (18 – 20 inches).
Leslie’s
Announcements
- Waste posters have been distributed.
- The guidelines for shipping biological material
has been updated online.
- Krista (ext. 1433) is in charge of arranging
all shipping on plant pathogens.
- APHIS requires a 40 hours training program before
shipping and anyone can take this training.
- There is an updated lab inspection form on the
web (the updated version has a follow-up page).
- The mold issue was discussed. For more information
on this subject access http://www.udel.edu/OHS/iaq.html.
- Robin has a new video “Machine Guarding”
- Leslie spoke to Bernie about the fireworks.
Bernie is supposed to contact Dr. Frett.
Two incidents reported
o Student cut leg by dropping a bucket on it.
o On July 27 a student was trimming roots and
cut her hand. An incident report still needs
to be
filed on
this incident.
Fire Drill went well on May 5th.
There is still a chain lock on the front door
of the Farmhouse.
Meeting adjourned at 2:20 PM.
Respectively submitted by Cindy Barnett.
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