Hall Chem Ehs Journey
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The document summarizes the collaboration between the Chemistry Department and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) at Boston College. It discusses the creation of a Chemistry Safety Committee with members from both groups that reviews incident reports and makes recommendations. Standard operating procedures have been established for various chemistry activities. Student input is gathered to improve safety practices. Research precautions are outlined for events at nearby Alumni Stadium to minimize risks. Consequences are defined for safety violations by individuals or groups. Implementing a chemical inventory system is also mentioned.
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Hall Chem Ehs Journey
- 1. When the Chemistry Department and EH&S Journey Down the Same Road Together Gail Hall Boston College
- 2. My Take • Organizational Focus – Stakeholder process – Transparency – Communication – Inquiry – MBA – LC – project More Research Less Waste
- 4. Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
- 7. Alumni Stadium Merkert Chemistry Building
- 9. City of Boston Lab Ordnance REGISTRATION FEES AND PAYMENTS: Checks made payable to: City of Boston 1 square foot to 25,000 square feet = $500.00 25,001 square feet to 100,000 square feet = $650.00...
- 11. Chemistry Safety Committee • Senior and junior faculty • Operations Manager (Chair) • Teaching lab coordinator • EHS Member
- 12. Incident Reviews • Running report on incident/accident/ injury data • Annual trends • Incident reviews – EHS Incident Report – Chemistry Incident Report – Police Incident Report • Recommendations
- 13. Standard Operating Procedures • Oil baths • Storage of flammables • Distillation of organic solvents • Quenching reactives
- 14. Student Input • Quenching • Fire extinguisher training • Portable timers for stills
- 16. RESEARCH PRECAUTIONS FOR STADIUM EVENT DAY: September 26, 2009, 2:00 pm Effective from 11:00 PM the night before to 2 hours after the event. • 1. REVIEW YOUR EVENT-DAY RESEARCH PLANS WITH YOUR P.I. OR HIS/ HER DELEGATE. • 2. DO NOT CARRY OUT RISKY EXPERIMENTATION. • Don’t try new and different experimental procedures. Don’t work with chemicals you are unfamiliar with. Don’t scale up a reaction. • 3. DO NOT PERFORM LARGE-SCALE PROCEDURES. • Do not work with large volume containers of volatile materials, including concentrated solutions of ammonia and mineral acids as well as organic solvents. • Do not fill solvent bottles in the solvent room on the lower level. • 4. BE EXTRA CAREFUL HANDLING FLAMMABLES, OXIDIZERS & REDUCERS. • Minimize the use of pyrophoric materials. Store flammable chemical containers away from sources of energy. Double-check all flammable chemical heating operations. • 5. DO NOT USE MERCAPTANS AND SULFIDES. • Don’t use other highly odorous chemicals either. Remember, just because you can’t smell a chemical placed inside the fume hood doesn’t mean that people outside can’t smell that chemical. • 6. KEEP ALL CHEMICAL CONTAINERS CAPPED. • 7. LIMIT THE USE OF THE HOUSE VACUUM WHERE POSSIBLE. • 8. KEEP LAB DOORS LOCKED WHEN NOT IN USE AND KEEP UNAUTHORIZED VISITORS OUT OF THE BUILDING. • BE EXTRA CAREFUL!
- 17. Chemistry Department Safety Violation Policy Individual Failure to get required safety training 5 Failure to do Emergency Evacuation Plan online training 5 Eating/drinking in lab 5 Evidence of eating/drinking in lab 5 Inappropriate footwear 5 Inadequate waste bottle labeling 3 Inadequate unattended reactions information 3 Chemical shipping violation 3 Failure to wear appropriate eye protection 2 Wearing gloves on both hands in hall 2 Failure to report an incident/accident 1 Group Inadequate group bottle labeling 1 Failure to manitain full access to exits 1 Improper storage of chemicals 1 Evidence of eating/drinking (anonymous) 1
- 18. Penalties • Penalty progression • Warning notice • PI notification • Wall of Shame • Faculty meeting discussion • Cume exams, safety cume • Community service • Safety seminars, write SOPs
- 19. Chemical Inventory • Preview and criteria for a system • ChemTracker / Stanford • Initial inventory • Implementation • Special circumstances
- 20. Conclusion • Human Relations 101 • Management 101 • Leadership 101 • Has the camel taken over the tent?
- 21. MERKERT CHEMISTRY BUILDING EHS