| About This Archive | | DCHAS-L 2009 Index | | DCHAS-L Yearly Index | |
Check out Safety Emporium for your N95, N99, and face shield needs.
|
Previous by Date: Subject: Re: Lab Notebooks with risk assessment page Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:28:57 -0400 Author: List Moderator |
Next by Date: Subject: Re: Article from Chemical and Engineering - very complete Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 06:46:21 -0500 Author: Harry Elston |
Peter and others –
Unfortunately, UCLA and the lab had a CHP which satisfied Cal-OSHA. The reason that there is little mention in the UCLA discussion of the Lab Standard and related is that UCLA is a good example of the standards weaknesses.
Any yes, it would be great to strengthen 1910.1450 and there are discussions along those lines, but that takes changing an existing OSHA standard. Not easy.
There are many ideas being discussed and this list is a good forum for the discussion.
So, how would YOU suggest (1) improving the lab standard and (2) getting OSHA to do it?
------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
The information contained in this message is privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer.
NEAL LANGERMAN
ADVANCED CHEMICAL SAFETY, Inc.
7563 CONVOY Ct
SAN DIEGO CA 92111
(858) 874 5577 (phone, 24/7)
(858) 874 8239 (FAX)
www.chemical-safety.co
m
From:
DCHAS-L
Discussion
List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Reinhardt,
Peter
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 3:10 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Article from Chemical and Engineering -
very
complete information about UCLA fatality
Kudos to C&E News for this excellent review and analysis.
I continue to be surprised that there is so little mention of OSHA’s lab standard or Chemical Hygiene Plans, and no mention in this article. UCLA is required by California law to have a Chemical Hygiene Plan, and their internal report (and CalOSHA citation) mentions it. Experts in the article discuss the need for lab-specific risks assessment, policies, procedures and training. The Chemical Hygiene Plan is the tool for all these things. In response to this tragedy I think it would be good if ACS DivCHAS worked to strengthen the use and implementation of laboratory Chemical Hygiene Plans.
Pete
P eter A. Reinhardt
D irector, Office of Environmental Health & Safety
Y ale University
1 35 College St., Suite 100
N ew Haven, CT 06510-2411
( 203) 737-2123
p eter.reinhardt**At_Symbol_Here**yale.edu
From:
DCHAS-L
Discussion
List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Debbie M.
Decker
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:38 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Article from Chemical and Engineering - very
complete
information about UCLA fatality
Debbie
Previous post | Top of Page | Next post