Laboratory 安全, Training and Compliance

The Office of Environmental 健康 and 安全 is dedicated to reducing injuries, 事故, negative environmental impacts, and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, 规定, 政策, 和标准. It achieves these by providing technical support, 信息和培训, expert consultation and periodic audits of environmental, health and safety practices and regulatory compliance. The EHS services are designed to assist the University in achieving its teaching, 研究, 服务目标.

首席研究员(pi) have overall responsibility for the health and safety of their 研究 staff, for safe management of their laboratories, for the impacts of their activities on the environment and the health and safety of the public, and for ensuring compliance with a variety of federal, 状态, 以及地方法规. Specifically, PIs are responsible for:

a. Ensuring that laboratory personnel have read, understand and adhere to the relevant University 安全 and Environmental Procedures and Manuals, 他们的适用计划, 以及所有大学, 学校, departmental and laboratory 政策 and procedures.
b. Ensuring that new laboratory personnel take the required EHS training/s and other applicable safety training/s at the time of hire or before involvement in laboratory 研究 activities.
c.  Obtaining all necessary institutional approvals for experiments.
d. Ensuring that laboratory personnel use the required equipment and personal protective devices.
e. Ensuring that the laboratory meets the applicable requirements for handling radioactive materials, radiation producing machines or potentially hazardous biological materials and blood products.
f. Maintaining security of all classes of hazardous materials used in the laboratory and ensuring physical hazards are adequately controlled.
g. Handling/storing all "controlled substances" as required by regulation/s.
h. Ensuring all requirements are met for the shipment/transport of hazardous materials.
i. Developing lab specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) as required, and training lab personnel on each SOP.
j. Preparing laboratory personnel for disruptions/emergencies, 比如受伤, 火灾或爆炸, 化学品泄漏, 洪水, 计划外电源故障, campus closures and earthquakes.
k. Maintaining a chemical inventory for the laboratory and providing 安全 Data Sheets (SDS) for all chemicals stored/used.
l. Establishing a policy for working after hours and working alone.
m. Ensuring that proper signage is present inside the laboratory to identify where hazards may exist.
n.Ensuring that containers are labeled so that laboratory personnel or emergency responders can determine the identity of the contents.
o. Reviewing the laboratory's operating procedures, plans and other relevant safety procedures at least once a year or whenever changes occur.
p. Taking prompt corrective action/s when unsafe acts or conditions are observed or reported.
q.  Promptly investigating and reporting all laboratory and laboratory-associated 事故, and/or work-related health problems and requesting medical treatment if required.
r. Reporting all 事故, injuries, exposures, significant spills, and releases.
s. Completing Vacating Procedures prior to any laboratory renovation or move.
t. Conducting internal inspections, reviews or audits periodically.