PSFC Chemical Hygiene Plan

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Office of Environment, Safety, and Health

Be Safe or Die

I. Policy and Purpose

A. Policy

B. Purpose

II. Responsibility, Authority, and Resources

1. Department Chairperson (Center Director, etc.)
2. Chemical Hygiene Officer
3. Laboratory Supervisors (Faculty, PI's, Proj. Dir's, etc.)
4. Employees, Staff, and Students
5. Visitors, Minors, Pets
6. EHS Coordinator
7. Environmental Health and Safety Team
8. PSFC Safety Committee
9. Office Of Environment, Safety And Health (ES&H)

III. Chemical Hygiene Plan

1. Preparation, Approval, Annual Review and Update
2. Identification and Classification of Hazardous Chemicals
3. Selection of Required Control Methods, Authority for Chemical Use
4. Special Provisions for Particularly Hazardous Substances
5. Elimination or Substitution
6. Enclosure, Isolation, and Regulated Areas
7. Education and Training
8. Work Practices and Standard Operating Procedures For Classes of Chemicals
9. Personal Protective Equipment, Respirators
10. Ventilation, Fume Hoods, and Proper Operations
11. Housekeeping
12. Signs and Labels, Material Safety Data Sheets
13. Monitoring and Employee Assessment
14. Waste Disposal
15. Medical Surveillance
16. Accidental Exposure Incidents, Emergency Procedures and Procedures for Chemical Spills and Releases

Appendices

1. OSHA Lab Standard 29CFR1910.1450
2. PSFC Safety Committee Charter
3. PSFC Lab Hazards Inventory (Chemical Inventory) (Not available on line: contact Matt Fulton, 3-8917 for more information.)
4. Respirator Program and Persons Authorized for Respirators
5. Laboratory Exhaust Hood Annual Surveillance Data & Certificate
6. List of Signature Control Chemicals
7. Chemical Purchase Information Form
8. Safety and Accident Prevention at the PSFC
9. Report of Unsafe Condition or Unsafe Work Practice Form
10. PSFC Chemical Hygiene Training Form
11. Hazardous Waste Procedures
12. PSFC Standard Operating Procedures