2. Joe Przybyszewski Office Phone: 294-5962 Office: 2583 FSB Lab Phone: 294-1240 Email: jprzybys@iastate.edu HNSB MacKay FSB FSHN Laboratory Safety Seminar August 25, 2010 NWRC

3. Outline  Important Reminders and New Safety Information  Safety Jeopardy game

4. Emergency Information Reminder - quickly alert ISU students, faculty and staff of potentially dangerous situations - ensure that your contact information is updated. ISU Alert System Ames tornado, Nov 12, 2005 from: mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/ Photo by Bob Elbert Photo by Joe Przybyszewski

5. Update your emergency information ISU Alert: information so that you can be notified in the event of a campus emergency. Emergency Contact: information for those person(s) the university should contact in case you are injured, become ill, or are missing. Emergency Information Reminder Lincoln Way University Blvd

6. Reminder for new lab employees Before starting work in a lab:

7. FSHN Safety Website

8. New Safety Information Human Sciences College Committee on Safety and Sustainability website has been updated.

9. New Safety Information Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Laboratory Safety website has improved.

10. Important Safety Reminder Treatment for a lab- or work-related injury Even if you think the injury is too minor to do so, you must report the injury to your supervisor who will assist you in seeking medical treatment. When seeking treatment remember to bring MSDS &/or other safety info with you. Please notify medical staff that the treatment is due to a workplace injury or illness, so that they can initiate the proper paper work. Type of treatment Lab- &/or work-related injuries REPORT TO: first aid (minor injury requiring about 1 doctor visit - i.e. minor cut, burn, bee sting) longer term injury or illness after hours (M-F 5-9pm, SS 10am-6pm) life threatening (or after 9pm M-F, after 6pm SS) employees (faculty, staff, grad student in the lab - i.e. on the job) Occupational Medicine Office, G11 TASF 294-2056 Occupational Medicine, McFarland Clinic, 1215 Duff Ave 239-4496 McFarland Urgent Care Clinic, 1018 Duff Ave 956-4044 Emergency Room at Mary Greeley Medical Center, 1111 Duff Ave 911 or 239-2155 (report incident to EH&S ASAP) undergrad students Thielen Student Health Center, corner of Sheldon Ave & Union Dr 294-5802

11. New public phone in the Food Sciences Building Know the location of the emergency phone in your building in case you are locked out of your lab. No long distance service. Avoid working alone in the lab after hours or on weekends. Reminder for new lab employees

12. – Know the location of the emergency phone in your building in case you are locked out of your lab. No long distance service. – Avoid working alone in the lab after hours or on weekends. Public phone for HNSB and MacKay Reminder for new lab employees

13. 219 MacKay Fire, 8-18-10 Reminders:  Perform annual online fire safety training  Inspect all power cords for fraying or damage,  Plug heavy duty equipment right into power outlet.  Keep lab area uncluttered. Helpful advice:  Keep lab notebooks in water tight containers,  Have your gas shut off if you are not using it.

14.  Chemical Safety Board (CSB)  Conducts root cause investigations of chemical accidents at fixed industrial facilities  Will start investigating academic laboratory accidents starting Sept 30, 10.  ISU community could become subject to new rules.  Important because if we have any serious accidents they could become part of the CSB investigation.  Will raise a spotlight on colleges and there is the potential for more regulation.  Standard operating procedures should be developed, and training documented for, procedures that involve hazards New Information

15. If you have never filled out a Hazard Inventory form or it has been over 2 years since you have filled out a form, you will need to complete a new form. The animal section was revised on the Hazard Inventory form in October 2008 for AAALAC accreditation. Anyone working with animals needs to make sure the hazards are current. Please complete and sign the attached Hazard Inventory form. Have your supervisor review and sign the form, then return the completed form to Environmental Health & Safety, 2809 Daley Drive / 3660 as soon as possible. If your work environment does not include any of the hazards listed on the Hazard inventory form, please complete the personnel information section and note in the comments section that you do not work with or are not exposed to any of the listed hazards.Hazard Inventory form After your completed Hazard Inventory form is received by Environmental Health & Safety, you and your supervisor will be contacted regarding any required medical surveillance. If no medical surveillance is required, you will receive no further communications regarding the Occupational Medicine program. New Information

16. Reminder Contact Facilities Planning & Management (FPM) by calling 4-5100 for non-functional hood.

17. Reminder Contact FPM by calling 4-5100 for routine maintenance work, such as:  Too hot or cold in your room,  Door lock problem,  Roof leak,  Plumbing or electrical problem,  To replace light bulb in fume hood.

18. Reminder For malfunction of lab equipment, immediately call the contact person for that room as posted on the yellow emergency contact card on the outside of the lab door. Building _______________ Room ________ Date _________ IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, CALL: phone Major Professor/Principal Investigator Name:________________________________ _________ (office) ____________________ (home) ____________________ (cell) 1 st alternate Name:_______________________________ _________ (office) ____________________ (home) ____________________ (cell) 2 nd alternate Name:_______________________________ _________ (office) ____________________ (home) ____________________ (cell) SPECIAL HAZARDS: ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________

19. Any Questions?

21. $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 Chemical Safety Piles of Paperwork Laboratory Equipment Did You Know?

22. Chemical Safety Piles of Paperwork Laboratory Equipment Did You Know? $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $600 $800 $400 $1000

23. Chemical Safety $200 This should be placed under all liquid chemical containers.

24. Chemical Safety $400 All containers in the lab must be labeled with these four things.

25. Chemical Safety $600 This category of chemical must be capped and chained/secured when not in use.

26. Chemical Safety $800 Gloves should be removed when doing this.

27. Chemical Safety $1000 These two items are required for labs containing flammable solvents.

28. Chemical Safety $200-Answer What is secondary containment?

29. Chemical Safety $400-Answer What are: Date, Initials, Full chemical name, Concentration? [A list of abbreviations and their meanings may be posted near the lab entrance and in a prominent place.]

30. Chemical Safety $600-Answer What are compressed gases?

31. Chemical Safety $800-Answer What is leaving the laboratory? [Please place them in the trash not on the lab bench.]

32. Chemical Safety $1000-Answer What are a fume hood and a spill kit?

33. Piles of Paperwork $200 This card needs to be updated and outside the door of every laboratory.

34. Piles of Paperwork $400 These three lists must be submitted to EH & S, two of them annually.

35. Piles of Paperwork $600 These two things must be done before starting a technique which involves hazards.

36. Piles of Paperwork $800 The deadline for completion of the FSHN Annual Safety checklist.

37. Piles of Paperwork $1000 In the emergency action plan template, these two things must be filled out.

38. Piles of Paperwork $200-Answer What are emergency contact cards? [I have some with me if you need any.]

39. Piles of Paperwork $400-Answer What are the chemical and biological inventories and a hazard inventory form? [Inspectors are checking dates on chemical inventory – remember to keep it updated in the lab.]

40. Piles of Paperwork $600-Answer What are develop a standard operating procedure and document the training for it?

41. Piles of Paperwork $800-Answer What is January 31?

42. Piles of Paperwork $1000-Answer What are the emergency contact information and the meeting location? [Do NOT just print out the template from EH&S – you must fill in ALL pertinent information.]

43. Laboratory Equipment $200 Signage indicating the suitability of volatile chemicals or food storage is required on this.

44. Laboratory Equipment $400 The testing of these two pieces of lab equipment must be performed and recorded monthly.

45. Laboratory Equipment $600 Keep this stocked in case someone has a minor injury in the lab.

46. Laboratory Equipment $800 The safety deficiency in this photo.

47. Laboratory Equipment $1000 All equipment must be checked for this potential fire hazard and corrected as necessary.

48. Laboratory Equipment $200- Answer What are refrigerators and/or freezers?

49. Laboratory Equipment $400- Answer What are the eye wash station and autoclave? [Ensure that eye wash station records are legible and/or obtain tags from EH&S.]

50. Laboratory Equipment $600- Answer What is the first aid kit?

51. Laboratory Equipment $800- Answer What are used gloves lying on the lab bench? [This gives the impression that gloves are being reused. Gloves should be single-use only.]

52. Laboratory Equipment $1000- Answer What are cracked, broken or exposed electrical cords?

53. Did You Know? $200 This handy device could simultaneously turn off all your computer equipment and save energy.

54. Did You Know? $400 Liquid soap works better than bar soap to prevent this.

55. Did You Know? $600 This is the department that answers a 911 call placed from a cell phone.

56. Did You Know? $800 This is the number one way to ensure that your lab has taken the proper safety measures.

57. Did You Know? $1000 Use 1/5 of the energy by switching from this to this piece of office/lab equipment.

58. Did You Know? $200-Answer What is a power strip?

59. Did You Know? $400-Answer What is cross contaminate hands?

60. Did You Know? $600-Answer Who are the Ames Police? [Please state that you are calling from ISU campus. (prefer that you call DPS at 515-294-4428, store on cell phone)]

61. Did You Know? $800-Answer What is complete the annual lab safety inspection survey? [The surveys should be done annually and stored with the other records in the lab.]

62. Did You Know? $1000-Answer What is from an old style CRT to a flat panel LCD computer monitor?

63. Final Jeopardy Information Sources

64. Final Jeopardy This is the best source for lab safety information. You have 1 minute to consult…

65. Final Jeopardy This is the best source for lab safety information. Time Is Up

66. Final Jeopardy - Answer What is the new and improved EH&S lab safety website.

67. Jeopardy Thank you for playing another fine round of America’s favorite question and answer game.