Annual Refresher Training 2005

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Annual Refresher Training 2005

• Marcy Whitney
• Environmental Health and Safety
• October 13, 2005

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Good Afternoon!

• Required Annual Refresher Training
• OSHA Lab Standard
• HazCom
• UA CHP
• Emergency Preparedness Planning

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Other Annual Training

• Radiation Safety
• Laser Safety
• Animal Management/Occupational Safety
• Biological Safety
• Fire Drills

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Lab Standard/HazCom

• As employees, you should be notified of the
  hazards in your area and the methods used to
  protect you from those hazards
• UA CHP contains this information in general form
• Location of the UA CHP www.bama.ua.edu/ehs

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Lab Standard

• Signs and symptoms of exposure for all things you
  work with
• Location and availability of reference materials
  and MSDS information
• Hazards, handling, storage, and disposal
  information
• Methods to detect exposure
• Protective methods in place to mitigate/eliminate
  exposure

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CHP and BSP updates

• Chemical Hygiene, Biological Safety, and Laser
  Safety guidelines are being combined into one
  document
• These are being updated with most recent
  regulatory changes and suggestions
• Should be posted on the web soon committee
  review to start asap

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Annual Review

• Should have received an annual verification form
  through campus mail
• Explanation
• If CHP not submitted in 2004 or if major changes
  to your program, will need a lab specific CHP
  before December 1
• Will contact everyone who marks significant
  changes to get documentation
• Done with major documentation until 2009!

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Chemical Inventory System

• Chemical Environmental Management System (CEMS)
• Required for all chemicals on campus
• Faculty and Staff are owners grad students,
  undergrads, etc, can be given access
• All owners must be trained on the system
• Training dates all on Thursdays, will announce
  other dates when scheduled

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Recent ADEM Inspection

• Inspected in Bevill, Biology, Shelby, Art, along
  with other areas/programs
• Items noted
• Funnels in bottles no lids
• Improper labels
• Waste written on bottles, labels
• Little or no chemical segregation

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Other recent inspections

• OSHA construction sites
• CDC
• EPA stormwater
• EPA expected for chemical management (University
  of Puerto Rico fined 1 mil US by EPA for
  Hazardous Materials violations)

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Accident Reporting

• Employees On The Job Injury Form must go to
  University Medical Center for treatment (DCH ER
  if UMC is closed)
• Students/Visitors/Other Student Accident Form
  (Non-Employee Injury) must go to Russell
  Student Health Center for treatment (DCH ER if
  RSHC is closed)

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Accident Reporting Cont

• OJIs are submitted through Risk Management,
  reviewed by Janie Fowler
• Student Accidents should be submitted to EHS,
  reviewed by Christy Herron
• Submission instructions are on both forms
• We do not contact AS Deans Office however,
  they want to be notified if a student receives
  medical care

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Emergency Evacuation Diagrams

• Posted in corridors throughout Shelby Hall
• Tornado shelter areas notated on diagram
• Locations of fire extinguishers, pull stations,
  etc, notated on diagram
• Should review diagrams in your area

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Emergency Phones

• Seven emergency phones are located in public
  areas of Shelby Hall
• Intended for emergency use
• Not intended for extended personal calls or for
  incoming calls
• Dialing 911 on these phones will contact UAPD
  dispatch calling 911 on a cell will get TPD/TFD
  dispatch

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Equipment Inspection Schedules

• Fire Extinguishers
• Common Areas monthly
• Fire Alarms annually
• Fire Drills - annually
• Safety Showers annually
• Hoods twice a year
• Eyewashes quarterly by EHS, should be flushed
  weekly

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Emergency Preparedness Training

• Plans written by each college, then each
  department/program/area if needed
• Sample template for lab areas to be included in
  new CHP
• Not written by EHS, will assist if requested
• Annual training on contents and procedures
  required

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• Thank you for your time and attention!