Lab Assessment Exercise Introduction

Corridor Other Lab

Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Corridor Chem Stor Fume hood Chem Stor Fume hood Ref Elec Panel Waste Chem StorChem Stor Glove Box Ref Other Lab

Fume hood Ref Autoclave Scintillator DLS & Zeta Potential QCM Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Glove Box Corridor Elec Panel Chem StorWaste Chem Stor Chem Stor Other Lab Oven Microscope Sonicator Vacuum Pumps

Fume hood Ref Autoclave Scintillator DLS & Zeta Potential QCM Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Oven Glove Box Corridor FE Mwave Oven UV Oven Elec Panel Chem Stor Waste Chem Stor Chem Stor Microscope Sonicator Other Lab Vacuum Pumps

Fume hood Ref Autoclave Scintillator DLS & Zeta Potential QCM Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Oven Glove Box Corridor FE Mwave Oven UV Oven Elec Panel Chem StorWaste Chem Stor Chem Stor Microscope Sonicator Other Lab Vacuum Pumps

Fume hood Ref Autoclave Scintillator DLS & Zeta Potential QCM Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Oven Glove Box Corridor FE Phone Fire Blanket Spill Kits Mwave Oven UV Oven Elec Panel Emerg Info Emerg Info Chem Stor Waste Chem Stor Chem Stor First Aid Kit Microscope Hazard Signs Hazard Signs >Orphan Chems > Unguarded pump belts > Excessive chem stock, not dated > Frayed elec cords, > Emissions from autoclave. Sonicator Other Lab Vacuum Pumps

 Prioritization: ◦ Easiest  Medium  Difficult -inventory - fire storage cabinets - new fume hood check actual - develop SOPs - proper waste disposal remove spent chem. separate groups secondary containment -training -collect MSDS info  CSS leadership team: ◦ You, fellow labmate? fellow professor? EHS specialist? department director? others?  Timeline & commitment: ◦ initiate actions, complete actions, ongoing actions, persons responsible

 Timeline & commitment: ◦ initiate & complete actions, ongoing actions, persons responsible

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Corridor Other Lab

Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Corridor Chem Stor Fume hood Chem Stor Fume hood Ref Elec Panel Waste Chem StorChem Stor Glove Box Ref Other Lab

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 Once the floor plan is done, get hazard and CSS Control stickers from an instructor and apply them to the appropriate places in your laboratory floor plan  Identify the CSS controls present in your laboratory  Apply stickers describing the CSS controls to your laboratory floor plan  Identify any control measures present in your laboratory ◦ Even if we don’t have stickers for them  Write down a list of the hazards present  Keep everything you create in this activity, it will be used later on Take about 30 minutes to do this 15

Fume hood Ref Autoclave Scintillator DLS & Zeta Potential QCM Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Glove Box Corridor Elec Panel Chem StorWaste Chem Stor Chem Stor Other Lab Oven Microscope Sonicator Vacuum Pumps

Fume hood Ref Autoclave Scintillator DLS & Zeta Potential QCM Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Oven Glove Box Corridor FE Mwave Oven UV Oven Elec Panel Chem Stor Waste Chem Stor Chem Stor Microscope Sonicator Other Lab Vacuum Pumps

Fume hood Ref Autoclave Scintillator DLS & Zeta Potential QCM Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Oven Glove Box Corridor FE Mwave Oven UV Oven Elec Panel Chem StorWaste Chem Stor Chem Stor Microscope Sonicator Other Lab Vacuum Pumps

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 Create a list based on the hazards and controls that are present ◦ What does your laboratory do well?  Mark or list these on your layout in blue pen Take minutes to do this 20

Fume hood Ref Autoclave Scintillator DLS & Zeta Potential QCM Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Oven Glove Box Corridor Mwave Oven UV Oven Elec Panel Chem StorWaste Chem Stor Chem Stor Microscope Sonicator Other Lab Vacuum Pumps Spill Kits Fire Blanket Phone Emerg Info Hazard Signs Hazard Signs Emerg Info First Aid Kit Phone

 Create a second list based on the hazards and controls that are present ◦ What could your laboratory do better?  Mark or list these on your layout in red pen Take minutes to do this 22

Fume hood Ref Autoclave Scintillator DLS & Zeta Potential QCM Flam Chem Stor Flam Chem Stor Oven Glove Box Corridor Mwave Oven UV Oven Elec Panel Chem StorWaste Chem Stor Chem Stor Microscope Sonicator Other Lab Vacuum Pumps Spill Kits Fire Blanket Phone Emerg Info Hazard Signs Hazard Signs Emerg Info First Aid Kit Phone >Orphan Chems > Unguarded pump belts > Excessive chem stock, not dated > Frayed elec cords, > Emissions from autoclave.

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Develop an action plan 25  Prioritization: ◦ Easiest  Medium  Difficult -inventory - fire storage cabinets - new fume hood check actual - develop SOPs - proper waste disposal remove spent chems separate groups secondary containment - training -collect MSDS info  CSS leadership team: ◦ You, fellow labmate? fellow professor? EHS specialist? department director? others?  Timeline & commitment: ◦ initiate actions, complete actions, ongoing actions, persons responsible

 Timeline & commitment: ◦ initiate & complete actions, ongoing actions, persons responsible