It might be cheaper, less time-consuming, and definitely much safer to hire a hazardous waste company to lab pack this item and remove it from your lab. They can do the identity testing. Less headache all around, I should think. Rather than approach it from an adversarial bent, try offering a workable solution, and stress the positives (fewer manhours spent, removes a potential hazard, etc.) I bet exec. management would buy into it if you approach it properly. Lisa Lisa Van Loo Environmental Health and Safety Manager Advion BioSciences 19 Brown Road Ithaca, NY 14850 T: 607-266-0665 x198 F: 607-257-5761 Pioneers in bioanalytical services and LC-MS life science products http://www.advion.com/ -----Original Message----- From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Gross Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:04 PM To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] OSHA Regulations, New York Hi Everyone, Back to that unknown chemical that has been hauting me. Well, I'm still being pressured to continue the flash test with no protection. I said no, someone used the word insubordination and today I offered to cite osha regulations. I would like to follow through with my threat. Anyone know the OSHA regulation that covers working with unknown hazardous materials (corrosives with toxic effects on inhalation) without proper ppe? As I explained, to them, its a light molecule and anything short of SCBA will be insufficient respirtory protection. I would like to make it very clear that I am not going to get injured/die for an analytical test that could be done much safer in a properly equipped facility. Nor do I want to hear about it anymore and I won't allow one of my technicians to test it just because they don't have the chemical background to understand the dangers.. Next step will be a call to OSHA if they don't get the hint. Thanks in advance. Andrew This e-mail message and any attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advion BioSciences, subject to copyright, and intended only for the use of the named recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you have received this message in error and any review, copying, disclosure, distribution or other use or exploitation of it or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently destroy all copies of it. =0D
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