Colleagues,
Excellent resources have been listed so far, so to return to the initial question, I wondered about laboratory safety expectations/responsibilities for professors. So here is the listing from the UCLA Chemical Hygiene Plan. I am sure people can nit-pick at this list, so rather than doing that, please use it as a starting point for a better list.
Craig Merlic
Professor of Chemistry, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Executive Director , UC Center for Laboratory Safety, http://cls.ucla.edu
Responsibilities of Principal Investigator (PI)/Laboratory Supervisor
The PI/Laboratory Supervisor has responsibility for the health and safety of all personnel working in his or her laboratory who handle hazardous chemicals. The PI/Laboratory Supervisor may delegate safety duties, but remains responsible for ensuring that delegated safety duties are adequately performed.
The PI/Laboratory Supervisor is responsible for:
1. Knowing all applicable health and safety rules and regulations, training and reporting requirements and standard operating procedures associated with chemical safety for regulated substances;
2. Identifying hazardous conditions or operations in the laboratory or other facility containing hazardous chemicals and determining safe procedures and controls, and implementing and enforcing standard safety procedures;
3. Establishing standard safety operating procedures (general and protocol specific) and performing literature searches relevant to health and safety for laboratory-specific work;
4. Providing prior-approval for the use of hazardous chemicals in the PI/Laboratory Supervisor's laboratory or other facility with hazardous chemicals;
5. Consulting with EH&S and/or Departmental Safety Committee on use of higher risk materials, such as use of particularly hazardous substances, as defined by UCLA Policy 907 or conducting higher risk experimental procedures, so that, special safety precautions are taken;
6. Maintaining an up-to-date and accurate chemical and compressed gas inventory for the laboratory or facility;
7. Ensuring laboratory or other personnel under his/her supervision have access to and are familiar with the appropriate Safety Manual(s);
8. Training all laboratory or other personnel he/she supervises to work safely with hazardous materials and maintain written records of laboratory-specific or other specialized training in the appropriate Safety Manual(s). Electronic records of training are encouraged. Training must include information of the location and availability of hazard information;
9. Promptly notifying EH&S (310-825-9797) and/or Facilities Trouble Call (310-825-9236) should he/she become aware that work place engineering controls (e.g., fume hoods, snorkel hoods) and safety equipment (e.g., emergency showers/eyewashes, fire extinguishers, etc.) become non-operational;
10. Ensuring the availability of all appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) (e.g., laboratory coats, gloves, eye protection, etc.) and ensuring the PPE is maintained in good condition;
11. Conducting periodic self-inspections of laboratory or facility and maintaining records of inspections, as required;
12. Promptly reporting accidents and injuries to EH&S. All explosions, unintended fires, or uses of a fire extinguisher must be reported by calling 911. Serious injuries MUST be reported to EH&S (310-825-9797) immediately to allow for compliance with the CAL/OSHA 8-hour reporting time frame. Any doubt as to whether an injury is serious should favor reporting;
13. Providing funding for medical surveillance and/or medical consultation and examination for laboratory and other personnel, as required;
14. Informing facilities personnel, other non-laboratory personnel and any outside contractors of potential laboratory-related hazards when they are required to work in the laboratory environment; and
15. Identifying and minimizing potential hazards to provide a safe environment for repairs and renovations
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Group,
http://dels.nas.edu/Report/Safe-Science-Promoting-Culture/18706?bname
Mary Beth Koza, MBA
Executive Director - Environment, Health & Safety/Risk Management
Responsible Official CDC Select Agent Program
Department of Environment, Health and Safety/Risk Management
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Office 919-843-5913
Cell 919-883-7027
MBKOZA**At_Symbol_Here**ehs.unc.edu
Safe Science - Culture of Safety https://ehs.unc..edu/lab/safescience/
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> On Behalf Of Jeffrey Lewin
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The APLU (Association of Public and Land Grant Universities) also has "Guide to Implementing a Safety Culture"
Jeff
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 9:50 AM Gmurczyk, Marta <M_Gmurczyk**At_Symbol_Here**acs.org> wrote:
Dear Dr. Chavez:
Not sure if I am addressing your need, but here are a few resources from ACS:
ACS has outlined expectations, roles, and responsibilities for chemistry professionals and their organizations related to chemical safety at
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/chemical-safety/workplace-and-industry.html
ACS also has published Guidelines for Chemical Safety in Academic Institutions (https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/about/governance/committees/chemicalsafety/publications/acs-safety-guidelines-academic.pdf). That lists learning objectives related to chemical safety that should be met throughout chemistry curriculum.
The ACS Committee on Professional Training ( CPT) has emphasized the development of skills and responsibility in the area of chemical safety, which must be an integral part of every chemistry curriculum in the following document:
https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/about/governance/committees/training/acsapproved/degreeprogram/laboratory-safety.pdf
I hope these resources will be of help to you.
Marta Gmurczyk
Marta U. Gmurczyk, Ph.D.
Safety Programs Manager| Scientific Advancement Division
1155 16th St., NW | Washington | DC 20036
T 202-452-2105 | F 202-872-8068
www.acs.org
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hello everyone,
do you know where I could find the a model of the competences (list of competences) that a laboratory professor require for laboratory safety?
I will appreciate any comments about this topic.
Dra. Clara Rosal=C3=ADa =C3=81lvarez Ch=C3=A1vez
Profesora de Tiempo Completo
Universidad de Sonora
Hermosillo, Son. Me´xico
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