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Previous by Date: Subject: [DCHAS-L] flowing head scarves or wide sleeves on garments. Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 1:41:42 PM Author: "Kennedy, Sheila" <s1kennedy**At_Symbol_Here**ucsd.edu> |
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Oh thank you for covering this, Debbie. This is all too true. I consulted with Zayed University run by NYU at campuses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. And someone on this forum asked "why special rules for these people?" Well, because these garments flow EVERYWHERE, not just a head scarf or sleave issue. And just TRY to get them out of their sandals! And you won't know they are wearing them. And their vision can be restricted in some cases.
I was warned to understand that a male cannot touch one of these girls even if she is on fire.
And in my case, in addition to solvent painting and acid etching in printmaking, they wanted to do woodworking and welding. Go figure.
Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist
President: Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.
Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE
181 Thompson St., #23
New York, NY 10012 212-777-0062
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From: Brandon S. Chance <bchance**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU>
Sent: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 10:25 am
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Body piercings on laboratory researchers working in a chemical laboratory.
Debbie,
Below is a post from my previous life overseas addressing abayas and other culturally sensitive dress parameters while in the Middle East.
"As the lab safety manager for Texas A&M University at Qatar, I feel uniquely qualified to answer this question as at least 50% of our female students wear either the Burka or Hijab. I will briefly outline the PPE requirements we
use for Organic Chemistry Laboratory (which I also used to teach here) below.
Basically, lab coats with elastic cuffs are required to secure loose sleeves from the abaya. The Hijab or Burka is required to be securely tucked into the lab coat collar. For those students that wear a Burka, we require them to
wear a surgical mask in lieu of the facial covering (it basically covers the same amount as the Burka). Of course goggles and closed-toed shoes are required. In the 5 years I have been here, this has been the standard policy and we have not had any negative
feedback. Thus far, we have not had any students that insist on wearing the full face veil covering everything including their eyes. Some wear this in the hallways, but have no problem removing it for lab courses (all of our courses are coeducational).
Another thing you may want to be aware of is male TAs or faculty responsibilities for the students. I assume your lab instructors are trained to render basic first aid or deal with chemical spills on a student. Due to religious
sensitivities, if this is the case, it is a good idea for the instructor to ask for a female volunteer to act as a "helper" in emergencies as the male instructor will not be allowed to touch a conservative female muslim student. It could be something as simple
as the female volunteer applying a bandage or manning a drench shower."
I also wanted to mention that in the case of Mechanical Engineering labs and machine shops, they wore coveralls in order to deal with the loose sleeve issue.
Brandon S. Chance, M.S., CCHO
Program Manager, Chemical Safety
Environmental Health and Safety
Princeton University
262 Alexander Street
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-258-7882 (office)
609-955-1289 (mobile)
609-258-1804 (fax)
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From: "Debbie M. Decker" <dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**UCDAVIS.EDU>
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Date: Monday, March 3, 2014 at 6:01 PM
To: "DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU" <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Body piercings on laboratory researchers working in a chemical laboratory.
I'd also be interested in anyone who might have a policy on flowing head scarves or wide sleeves on garments.
Debbie M. Decker, CCHO
Safety Manager
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis
122 Chemistry
1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616
(530)754-7964
(530)304-6728
Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction
that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,
can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."
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On Behalf Of Rupkey, Steven A.
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 1:33 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Body piercings on laboratory researchers working in a chemical laboratory.
Has anyone had to address the need for an ESH policy on prohibiting, permitting and/or limiting facial and/or body piercings on laboratory researchers ?
Can you share you policies?
Sincerely,
Steve Rupkey, CIH
ESH-QA Safety Manager
ESQ Division
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue, Bldg. 200/R-001
Argonne, IL 60439-4832
O: 630-252-1497
C: 630-383-9411
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