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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 07:29:08 -0500
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From: Howard Spencer <SpencerH@ABSECON.DCS-EXXIS.COM>
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Hi Dr. Jim. You do not know me but I too used to work for Mobil like it
says in the front of your book which I own and refer to regularly in my
consulting practice. I would like to stay in touch. Regards Howard. I
am one of Dr. Jim's Associates.
> ----------
> From: Chang, Jim C[SMTP:jcc11472@GLAXOWELLCOME.COM]
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> Sent: Monday, March 30, 1998 4:31 PM
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> Subject: Re: picric acid
>
> Teresa
>
> It very well may be a hazardous situation. Dried picric acid crystals
> are
> very sensitive to shock and can detonate. Your situation is worsened
> by
> having a glass bottle. The ground glass stopper is a sure way to
> grind the
> crystals; the glass bottle can become shrapnel.
>
> The safest solution is to call in someone that routinely handles this
> type
> item; a good hazmat contractor (e.g., AETS or OHM Corporation) has
> trained
> people. You could also try the local bomb squad; they have been less
> and
> less willing to take chemicals as the environmental types crack down
> on
> their ranges though.
>
> If you're into do it yourself work, you can very cautiously invert the
> bottle into a container of water. The water works its way into the
> crystals
> gradually hydrating them. This is a very dicey operation and should
> not be
> attempted unless you've done this type of work before. VERY
> HAZARDOUS.
>
> Standard disclaimer
>
> Jim Chang
> Safety Engineer
>
>
>
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> From: Teresa Robertson
> [SMTP:Teresa_Robertson@FIRSTCLASS1.CSUBAK.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 1998 4:09 PM
> To: LABSAFETY-L@SIU.EDU
> Subject: picric acid
>
> Scenerio - you find in a cabinet, a bottle containing a dilute
> solution
> of picric acid, several years old, in a glass bottle with a
> ground-glass stopper. The solution is very yellow, and there
> is an
> encrustation of dry yellow material accumulated on the
> stopper.
> What
> would you do? Is this a dangerous situation? TRR
>
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:33:36 EST
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I've hesitated reponding to this thread, not wanting to appear as an Unsafe
NACHO.
Madelyn Miller makes some good points, and my own personal experiences
with picric acid range from working with the bomb squad, to stabilizing it
myself. Every container needs to be evaluated based on its condition. Here
at Univ. of Connecticut we even developed a remote opening device. I think
the decision to either call in the experts or to soak it depends on your level
of expertise in evaluating the container AND its history. Remember that the
DRY material, and its metal salts are the shock sensitive culprits. Bretherick
states that picric acid of sufficient purity (usually found in labs) is not
considered unduly hazardous in regard to sensitivity.
These comments are not meant to trivialize the dangers inherent in picric acid,
and I'm not advocating the practice of lab workers stabilizing containers. A
true chemist/CHO respects chemicals and their properties. I've attended
explosives training seminars put on by bomb squad personnel, and they have
asked me for input during the training- it's a mutual learning experience.
Stefan Wawzyniecki, CIH, CCHO
University of Connecticut
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:11:21 -0600
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From: Kenneth REINEBACH <kenneth.reinebach@CCMAIL.ADP.WISC.EDU>
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Regarding this bit of news below on ACS policies, I have some questions:
Why was the former policy was retracted and replaced with
a policy in support of contact lenses?
What evidence was used to support contact lens use in laboratories?
Date: 3/30/98 11:40 PM
The American Chemical Society Joint Board/Council
Committee on Chemical Safety vothed this morning at
the national meeting in Dallas to remove it's prohibition
against the wearing of contact lenses in labs.
The next issue of "Safety in Academic Chemistry
Laboratories" will have a new statement which endorses
the use of contact lenses when all other appropriate forms
of eye protection are used. ....jak
---Ken Reinebach, CIH
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Safety Department
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 12:06:00 -0600
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From: Harry Elston <helston@FGI.NET>
Subject: Re: ACS OKs Contact Lenses
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At 11:11 AM 4/1/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Regarding this bit of news below on ACS policies, I have some questions:
>Why was the former policy was retracted and replaced with
> a policy in support of contact lenses?
> What evidence was used to support contact lens use in laboratories?
>
Ken,
Sounds like you might be a little behind in your "current topics" reading.
I know I am. Anyway, there were two yoeman research articles last year in
Chemical Health and Safety discussing this issue. Since I'm in the middle
of a move here at work, all my journals are in a box...somewhere, and I
can't find the exact references. There's only six issues to CH&S, so if
your library has it, get them all. The research showed that there was no
real hazard to workers in the lab wearing contacts as long as the
prescribed eye protection was worn. One was written by Eilene Segal and
the other (the next issue) was written by an optomitrist or opthamalogist,
my poor spelling not withstanding. If you don't get CH&S, give ACS a call
and get it...it's fantastic for chemical safety.
Additionally, OHSA made a similar determination with an interpretation
awhile back for firefighters wearing SCBAs. From what I understand, they
didn't change the regulation prohibiting contacts in SCBA's but they made
that portion un-finable.
Hope that helps.
Harry Elston
Harry J. Elston, Ph.D., NRCC-CHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
Opinions are mine, not my employer's, blah, blah, blah
"You won't find this on 'Beakman's World.'"
-Special Agent Fox Mulder
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 13:16:00 -0600
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From: "Fletcher, Bob" <fletcher@CAMPBELL-EMH5.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: OSHA Interpretations
Hello Friends, have been on the "list" since early inception, but never
made intro. I manage environmental training at a military installation.
Don't have direct relationship with labs, but enjoy gaining more
knowledge.
Based on some of the server questions and answers, I wanted to share the
OSHA web site for interpretations which you may find helpful for your
specific questions:
http://www.osha-slc.gov/ . If you should have problems , the main site
is www.osha.gov.
Regards,
Bob Fletcher, CET, CHMM
Envrionmental Training
Ft. Campbell, KY
502-798-9614
Fax: 502-798-9606
email work: fletcher@campbell-emh5.army.mil
home: romaland@earthlink.net
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 23:40:53 EST
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In a message dated 98-04-01 12:21:00 EST, Kenneth Reinback wrote:
<< Why was the former policy was retracted and replaced with
a policy in support of contact lenses? What evidence was
used to support contact lens use in laboratories? >>
JAK: Members of the ACS Joint/Board Council Committee on
Chemical Safety have been investigating the issue for the past
five years (not a group to take precipitous action!). The efforts
were coordinated by Eileen Segal (EBSEGAL@AOL.COM).
Eileen published her finding in 1995 and 1997 (may/june issue)
of Chemical Health and Safety. The evidence and reasons were
laid out fairly concisely in those two articles. In short, most of
the agruments raised in the past were found to be unsubstantiated
rumors and conjecture.
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 23:41:31 EST
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In a message dated 98-03-25 19:24:44 EST, Debbie Decker wrote:
<< A small request - if we could tailor the subject lines a little better,
it would be most helpful..... >>
JAK: This sounds like a good idea to me. I've tried to do it in the
subject line of this message to see if I could make this more
explicit.
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 23:42:27 EST
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In a message dated 98-04-01 14:00:16 EST, you write:
<< Hello Friends, have been on the "list" since early inception,
but never made intro. >>
JAK: Many of the now nearly 400 NACHO members have not yet
introduced themselves to their colleagues. It would be great
if some of the folks who have just been reading would take a
five minutes to say hi, what you do (or if you prefer, what you
are supposed to be doing), and what you want from NACHO.
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 23:42:04 EST
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JAK: Several years ago we discovered a bottle of picric acid
that had gone dry. The explosives division of the State Fire
Marshall's office was called.
A gentleman from their office came out, wrapped the bottle in
a paper towel, put the bottle in his coat pocket and walked
out! Wow...
More recently, I assisted this department remove some chemicals
from a college storeroom. This time the material was old ether with
no visible signs of peroxide crystals. The gentleman wore a full bomb
suit and detonated the bottle with C4 in a hole he dug in the lawn!
Go figure!
Then, about two years ago, one of the major chemical distributors
asked me to write an SOP for disposal of picric acid.
This is not the kind of advice for which I enjoy being responsible
(with or without pay)!
So (not wanting to lose the farm), I called the major manufacturers of
picric acid and asked for their advice. They refused!
Therefore, so did I.
Now having said that.... I vote with Madelyn to soak the bottle (upside
down) in a bucket of water.
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 23:42:29 EST
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From: Labsafe <Labsafe@AOL.COM>
Subject: Health and Safety Pledge
Comments: To: Safety <SAFETY@UVMVM.UVM.EDU>,
nsela-l@science.coe.uwf.edu, dchas-l@SIU.EDU,
chemlab_L@vax1.bemidji.msus.edu, chemed-l@atlantis.uwf.edu,
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This modest proposal is somewhere between Jonathan Swift and
Mark Twain who said.... "Humor is the lighter side of truth."
I think it's time to build an honor roll of college and university Presidents
who are willing to sign the "Health and Safety Pledge"....
"At our institution, you will not have a job and not be a student unless
you are willing to follow recognized good practice and obey the laws of
health, safety, and environmental protection."
Could an academic institution achieve a significant strategic advantage
or simply shoot itself in the foot? ... jim
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 12:15:03 +0000
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From: Andrew Szilagyi <Andrew.Szilagyi@EM.DOE.GOV>
Subject: Re: Health and Safety Pledge
Just about all corporate H&S Programs/Policies have this king of
statement (whether actual accountability is maintained is another
question). With some minor edits, your proposal is sound.
andrew.szilagyi@em.doe.gov
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Author: LABSAFETY-L@SIU.EDU at INTERNET
Date: 4/1/98 11:42 PM
This modest proposal is somewhere between Jonathan Swift and
Mark Twain who said.... "Humor is the lighter side of truth."
I think it's time to build an honor roll of college and university Presidents
who are willing to sign the "Health and Safety Pledge"....
"At our institution, you will not have a job and not be a student unless
you are willing to follow recognized good practice and obey the laws of
health, safety, and environmental protection."
Could an academic institution achieve a significant strategic advantage
or simply shoot itself in the foot? ... jim
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James A. Kaufman, President
The Laboratory Safety Workshop
192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760
508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 LabSafe@aol.com
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organization dedicated to making health and safety an integral and
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 06:21:08 -0600
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From: Harry Elston <helston@FGI.NET>
Subject: Re: Health and Safety Pledge
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At 11:42 PM 4/1/98 EST, you wrote:
>This modest proposal is somewhere between Jonathan Swift and
>Mark Twain who said.... "Humor is the lighter side of truth."
>
>I think it's time to build an honor roll of college and university Presidents
>who are willing to sign the "Health and Safety Pledge"....
>
>"At our institution, you will not have a job and not be a student unless
>you are willing to follow recognized good practice and obey the laws of
>health, safety, and environmental protection."
>
>Could an academic institution achieve a significant strategic advantage
>or simply shoot itself in the foot? ... jim
>
Jim,
I'm going to go out on a limb a little here and expand the discussion to
non-academic institutions.
I suspect, based on experience, that a statement like this would not fly
too far in my current organization. I believe that it would get a lot of
flack not only from the union but also from the management side of the
house as well. I get the real feeling that we live in such a
litigation-happy society that hard-core statements like the one above,
although a great idea in principle, just won't make out of the "safety
committee" to the #1 Boss' Desk.
Great idea though....
Harry
Harry J. Elston, Ph.D., NRCC-CHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
My opinions only, not my employers, blah, blah, blah
"One more anal-probing, gyro-pyro, levatating
eco-plasm, alien anti-matter story and I'm gonna
take my gun out and shoot somebody."
-Fox Mulder
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 20:04:18 +0800
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From: Martin Lindsay <clarke@WEB.NET.AU>
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G'day folks
I am Chief Chemist at a commercial Australian mineral assay laboratory in
Perth Western Australia.
We service the exploration and mining industry and provide chemical
analysis using Fire Assay, Atomic Absorption, ICP and ICP-MS techniques. We
have recently added an oil and gas section using GC.
As chairman of the safety committee I trust that this List will add to our
resource pool which includes Australian Standards, Statutary bodies,
private consultants, and other internet resources, eg Worksafe.
Our primary concerns are manual handling issues in sample receipt and
preparation, exposure to noise, dust and hazardous dusts, eg asbestos
minerals, silca during sample prearation, exposure to lead and heat in the
fire assay process, and chemical exposure in the wet chemical processes.
We use large volumes of concentrated mineral acids including hydrochloric,
nitric, perchloric and hydrofluoric acid.
The use of organic solvents is limited but will expand with the oil and gas
work.
I believe the internet is an excellent global source of information and a
medium for exchange of information, and Occ. Health and safety is one of
many categories which should exploit the net.
Martin Lindsay
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We have a perchloric acid hood that we would like to use as a general chemical
fume hood. People in the lab have not used it as a perchloric acid hood for
at least the past 15 years. The hood has not been used during this time.
There is air flow through the hood, but it has a flood light of all things as
its light source. Any suggestions on "certification" that the hood is "safe
for use" or should this be a consideration.
Mike Miller
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 07:40:42 -0600
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At 08:00 AM 4/2/98 EST, you wrote:
>We have a perchloric acid hood that we would like to use as a general
chemical
>fume hood. People in the lab have not used it as a perchloric acid hood for
>at least the past 15 years. The hood has not been used during this time.
>There is air flow through the hood, but it has a flood light of all things as
>its light source. Any suggestions on "certification" that the hood is
"safe
>for use" or should this be a consideration.
>
>Mike Miller
>
Mike,
If the perchloric acid hood is made of stainless used for HCl or nitric
acid digestions, you will destroy it. Speaking from experience here...we
have two which are REALLY rusty...now.
Harry
Harry J. Elston, Ph.D., NRCC-CHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
Opinions are mine, not my employer's, blah, blah, blah
"You won't find this on 'Beakman's World.'"
-Special Agent Fox Mulder
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:19:27 -0600
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From: Dave Peterson <dave_peterson@QMGATE.ANL.GOV>
Subject: Re: Introducing Yourself
Reply to: RE>Introducing Yourself
NACHO members,
Still being a NACHO member that is anonymous to date, I decided it was time to introduce
myself. I am an ES&H Coordinator at Argonne National Laboratory in the Environmental
Research Division. My academic background is a B. S. Biochemistry from Univ. of Illinois,
M. S. Biology from Illinois Instiute of Technology. I'm also a CHMM and ASP. In my prior
life I conducted research on heavy metals in a toxicology laboratory (17 years).
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the information exchange taking place on this
listserver. I believe that this activity will progress to a more formal organization in
the future. The knowledge and experience expressed by the NACHO members so far is
extensive. Thanks for all the good information - I hope that I can contribute some in
return.
Early on in my transition to ES&H administration I attended the Laboratory Safety
Workshop presented by Jim A Kaufman. The workshop was an excellent introduction to the
immense amount of information needed by chemical hygiene officers and safety professionals
(I wonder what the going rate is for testimonials - I guess I'll settle for information).
Looking forward to learning and sharing -
P. S. I have to agree with Madelyn on the fate of the picric acid solution - soaking in
water to hydrate or dissolve the crystals. That is unless you have an unlimited budget and
can afford to shift the risk to a local bomb squad.
Standard disclaimer- my opinion, not my employer's...
David P. Peterson
Environmental Research Division
Argonne National Laboratory
dppeterson@anl.gov
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Jim,
Not that easy. I clicked "reply" and it goes to the list.
Why is that a problem?
B
Labsafe wrote:
> To: NACHO Members
> From: Jim Kaufman
>
> I have two suggestions to offer to members of the Association
> concerning the use of our discussion list. Please .....
>
> (1) Send messages like "Great Idea" and "I agree" directly to
> the person you wish to agree with or praise unless you feel
> there is a good reason for others to know how you feel. And....
>
> (2) Quote only the portion of a prior message needed to convey
> the relevance of your added comments.
>
> As our membership continues to grow, observing these two
> suggestions will help to keep the content value of LABSAFETY-L
> high. Thanks. ...jak
>
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> Safety in Science Education
>
> The Laboratory Safety Workshop is a national non-profit educational
> organization dedicated to making health and safety an integral and
> important part of science education. Free copies of our Laboratory
> Safety Guidelines, Publications List, AV-Lending Library List, seminar
> schedule, and membership information are available on request.
>
> LABSAFETY-L is a public service of The Laboratory Safety Workshop.
> **********************************************************************
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>G'day folks
Wow, we're international! Do other countries have laws equivalent to
our "Lab Standard" that call for a CHO (or equivalent)? If NACHO is
the "National Assn. of CHO's", do we already need to become a
subsidiary? Do we have something better for an acronym than " IACHO"
(International Association of Chemical Hygiene Officers)?
How do we get the word out to the scientific communities in those
states in the US that are not covered by the Lab Standard?
>I am Chief Chemist at a commercial Australian mineral assay laboratory
>in
>Perth Western Australia.
>We service the exploration and mining industry and provide chemical
>analysis using Fire Assay, Atomic Absorption, ICP and ICP-MS
>techniques. We
>have recently added an oil and gas section using GC.
>As chairman of the safety committee I trust that this List will add to
>our
>resource pool which includes Australian Standards, Statutary bodies,
>private consultants, and other internet resources, eg Worksafe.
>Our primary concerns are manual handling issues in sample receipt and
>preparation, exposure to noise, dust and hazardous dusts, eg asbestos
>minerals, silca during sample prearation, exposure to lead and heat in
>the
>fire assay process, and chemical exposure in the wet chemical processes.
>We use large volumes of concentrated mineral acids including
>hydrochloric,
>nitric, perchloric and hydrofluoric acid.
>The use of organic solvents is limited but will expand with the oil and
>gas
>work.
>I believe the internet is an excellent global source of information and
>a
>medium for exchange of information, and Occ. Health and safety is one of
>many categories which should exploit the net.
>Martin Lindsay
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Jerry,
Just an FYI This is Jim Kaufman setting up a CHO group.
Lou
At 06:21 AM 4/2/98 -0600, you wrote:
>At 11:42 PM 4/1/98 EST, you wrote:
>>This modest proposal is somewhere between Jonathan Swift and
>>Mark Twain who said.... "Humor is the lighter side of truth."
>>
>>I think it's time to build an honor roll of college and university
Presidents
>>who are willing to sign the "Health and Safety Pledge"....
>>
>>"At our institution, you will not have a job and not be a student unless
>>you are willing to follow recognized good practice and obey the laws of
>>health, safety, and environmental protection."
>>
>>Could an academic institution achieve a significant strategic advantage
>>or simply shoot itself in the foot? ... jim
>>
>Jim,
>
>I'm going to go out on a limb a little here and expand the discussion to
>non-academic institutions.
>
>I suspect, based on experience, that a statement like this would not fly
>too far in my current organization. I believe that it would get a lot of
>flack not only from the union but also from the management side of the
>house as well. I get the real feeling that we live in such a
>litigation-happy society that hard-core statements like the one above,
>although a great idea in principle, just won't make out of the "safety
>committee" to the #1 Boss' Desk.
>
>Great idea though....
>
>Harry
>
>
>Harry J. Elston, Ph.D., NRCC-CHO
>Chemical Hygiene Officer
>Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
>My opinions only, not my employers, blah, blah, blah
>
>"One more anal-probing, gyro-pyro, levatating
>eco-plasm, alien anti-matter story and I'm gonna
>take my gun out and shoot somebody."
> -Fox Mulder
>
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As per Jim's request:
Douglas S. Cody, CSP
Nassau Community College
Chemistry Department
1 Education Drive
Garden City, NY 11530
516-572-7986
codyd@sunynassau.edu
I am the Health and Safety Officer for the Chemistry Department at Nassau
Community College. I have held this posiiton since 1986. Additionally, I
represent all full time teaching and non-teaching faculty as the chairperson
of the union's Health & Safety Committee. As a teaching facuIty member I am
actively involved in curriculum development and have authored of two general
chemistry laboratory manuals. Professionally, I am a member of the American
Chemical Society's Health & Safety and Education Divisions. I hold full
membership in the ACGIH and the Metropolitan Chapter of the AIHA.
Additionally, I am a member of the ASSE and hold the position of Secretary for
the Long Island Chapter. I look forward to my active participation in the
NACHO.
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As Jim has requested, I will introduce myself to the list.
My name is Mark Smith and I work at/with/for Hendrix College in Conway,
Arkansas as the Chemistry Laboratory Coordinator and the Campus Chemcial
Hygiene Officer.
I am relatively new to the saftey profession but I have spent the last year
gaining some experience through workshops such as LSI and others. I took my
CHO certification exam at Dallas last weekend.
Although I am still very involved with the technical themes of runnning an
academic chemistry department, I see my job steadily evolving to safety
related tasks in the department and in other areas on campus.
Glad to be a part of NACHO!
Keep up the good work!
Mark Smith
Hendrix College
16000 Washington Ave
Conway, AR 72032
><< Hello Friends, have been on the "list" since early inception,
> but never made intro. >>
>
>JAK: Many of the now nearly 400 NACHO members have not yet
> introduced themselves to their colleagues. It would be great
> if some of the folks who have just been reading would take a
> five minutes to say hi, what you do (or if you prefer, what you
> are supposed to be doing), and what you want from NACHO.
>
> *****************************************************
> James A. Kaufman, President
> The Laboratory Safety Workshop
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At 01:04 PM 4/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Jerry,
>
>Just an FYI This is Jim Kaufman setting up a CHO group.
>
>Lou
Hi Lou,
We met at Landsdown at the end of January. I was just commenting on Jim's
safety statement and how I don't believe it would fly around my current
workplace. (We tried a similar one, but the union got really bent, then
the lawyers got really bent, then we scrapped the entire idea.)
How's things at MIT?
Harry
>At 06:21 AM 4/2/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>At 11:42 PM 4/1/98 EST, you wrote:
>>>This modest proposal is somewhere between Jonathan Swift and
>>>Mark Twain who said.... "Humor is the lighter side of truth."
>>>
>>>I think it's time to build an honor roll of college and university
>Presidents
>>>who are willing to sign the "Health and Safety Pledge"....
>>>
>>>"At our institution, you will not have a job and not be a student unless
>>>you are willing to follow recognized good practice and obey the laws of
>>>health, safety, and environmental protection."
>>>
>>>Could an academic institution achieve a significant strategic advantage
>>>or simply shoot itself in the foot? ... jim
>>>
>>Jim,
>>
>>I'm going to go out on a limb a little here and expand the discussion to
>>non-academic institutions.
>>
>>I suspect, based on experience, that a statement like this would not fly
>>too far in my current organization. I believe that it would get a lot of
>>flack not only from the union but also from the management side of the
>>house as well. I get the real feeling that we live in such a
>>litigation-happy society that hard-core statements like the one above,
>>although a great idea in principle, just won't make out of the "safety
>>committee" to the #1 Boss' Desk.
>>
>>Great idea though....
>>
>>Harry
Harry J. Elston, Ph.D., NRCC-CHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
Opinions are mine, not my employer's, blah, blah, blah
"You won't find this on 'Beakman's World.'"
-Special Agent Fox Mulder
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I've had the double pleasure of meeting Jim Kaufman and joining NACHO in
one week.
I'm Asst. Dean for EHS in the College of Natural Sciences, Univ. of Texas
at Austin. My position was created specifically to address safety,
particularly lab safety issues in labs within the college, following a few
unfortunate incidents. We have 13 departments in the College, along with a
number of organized research units (semi-autonomous), > 20 buildings, ~
12,000 students, faculty, and staff. My position is separate from (but
works closely with) our Office of EHS.
I started 8/97; prior to that I had no formal EHS experience. My
background is research, emergency planning, and public safety (fire, EMS,
hazmat response). I'm working on tackling basic issues (yes on safety
glasses, no on sandals) and more complex ones (chemical management plans).
Much to learn. I'll probably be asking folks for suggestions for a
semester-long lab safety & chemical hygiene class I'm putting together for
the first time this Fall. If there are any NEHA members out there, see you
at the June meeting.
It's exciting to be part of an international organization, but does anyone
else think that IACHO sounds like a sneeze?
Jeff Rubin
Asst. Dean for Environmental Health & Safety
College of Natural Sciences, Office of the Dean
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1199
Campus mail: WCH 2.322 G2500
jrubin@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-6176
(512) 471-4998 (FAX)
(512) 875-2100 (Pager)
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NACHO Members,
I have formed a NACHO Steering Committee to help with
the growth and development of the association. The committee
consists of all NACHO members who are willing to help (work).
So far, a few folks have expressed (either in public or private) that
they would like to help. They are....
JLaPierre@MAILBOX.UNE.EDU (Janeen LaPierre)
innocent@ICI.NET (Guy Innocente)
cdawley@TRANSPORT.COM (Cheryl Dawley)
rburns@bigfoot.com (Bob Burns)
BENEDIK@WOLF.RESEARCH.AA.WL.COM (Kathy Benedict)
If you are interested in working on some aspect of the growth
and development of the association, let any of us know so we
can get you involved.
The committee is currently working on establishing some goals
for NACHO (six month, one year, and three to five years). Any
suggestions?
*****************************************************
James A. Kaufman, President
The Laboratory Safety Workshop
192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760
508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 LabSafe@aol.com
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I'll help, as I can ...
Neal
At 06:43 PM 4/2/98 EST, you wrote:
>NACHO Members,
>
>I have formed a NACHO Steering Committee to help with
>the growth and development of the association. The committee
>consists of all NACHO members who are willing to help (work).
>
>So far, a few folks have expressed (either in public or private) that
>they would like to help. They are....
>
>JLaPierre@MAILBOX.UNE.EDU (Janeen LaPierre)
>innocent@ICI.NET (Guy Innocente)
>cdawley@TRANSPORT.COM (Cheryl Dawley)
>rburns@bigfoot.com (Bob Burns)
>BENEDIK@WOLF.RESEARCH.AA.WL.COM (Kathy Benedict)
>
>If you are interested in working on some aspect of the growth
>and development of the association, let any of us know so we
>can get you involved.
>
>The committee is currently working on establishing some goals
>for NACHO (six month, one year, and three to five years). Any
>suggestions?
>
> *****************************************************
> James A. Kaufman, President
> The Laboratory Safety Workshop
> 192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760
> 508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 LabSafe@aol.com
> Safety in Science Education
>
>The Laboratory Safety Workshop is a national non-profit educational
>organization dedicated to making health and safety an integral and
>important part of science education. Free copies of our Laboratory
>Safety Guidelines, Publications List, AV-Lending Library List, seminar
>schedule, and membership information are available on request.
>
>LABSAFETY-L is a public service of The Laboratory Safety Workshop.
> **********************************************************************
>
>
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HI Jim,
Just let me what I can do.
Sorry I missed breakfast on Tuesday- I was out with my daughter the night before
and overslept.
Bob
Labsafe wrote:
> NACHO Members,
>
> I have formed a NACHO Steering Committee to help with
> the growth and development of the association. The committee
> consists of all NACHO members who are willing to help (work).
>
> So far, a few folks have expressed (either in public or private) that
> they would like to help. They are....
>
> JLaPierre@MAILBOX.UNE.EDU (Janeen LaPierre)
> innocent@ICI.NET (Guy Innocente)
> cdawley@TRANSPORT.COM (Cheryl Dawley)
> rburns@bigfoot.com (Bob Burns)
> BENEDIK@WOLF.RESEARCH.AA.WL.COM (Kathy Benedict)
>
> If you are interested in working on some aspect of the growth
> and development of the association, let any of us know so we
> can get you involved.
>
> The committee is currently working on establishing some goals
> for NACHO (six month, one year, and three to five years). Any
> suggestions?
>
> *****************************************************
> James A. Kaufman, President
> The Laboratory Safety Workshop
> 192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760
> 508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 LabSafe@aol.com
> Safety in Science Education
>
> The Laboratory Safety Workshop is a national non-profit educational
> organization dedicated to making health and safety an integral and
> important part of science education. Free copies of our Laboratory
> Safety Guidelines, Publications List, AV-Lending Library List, seminar
> schedule, and membership information are available on request.
>
> LABSAFETY-L is a public service of The Laboratory Safety Workshop.
> **********************************************************************
--
Robert L. Burns
Group Leader, R&D
Ruetgers-Nease Corp.
201 Struble Road
State College, PA
phone 8142319214
fax 8142381567
email rburns@bigfoot.com
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In a message dated 98-04-02 09:04:27 EST, Robert Latsch wrote:
<< A few years ago my son was in high school. At that time I went to the
school to visit. While discussing my son with his teachers, our talk
turned to laboratory saftey and waste disposal.
Waste disposal at the school consists of pouring all experiments down the
sanitary sewer once completed. I could not convince the school or the
teachers that this was improper.
During the spring, It was a hot day. So the chemistry lab teacher allowed
the students to bring water for drinking into the chemistry labs while
doing experiments.
Unfortunately both incidents are true. This points to an unpleasant truth.
We cannot assume that school environments are as safe as we would like.
This is not a matter of negligence. This is a matter of what the teachers
have been taught. Many schools do not have people schooled in laboratory
safety. This means that the teachers are on their own. Do not be surprised
when this happens. The schools are playing catch up. >>
JAK: From my experience, the actions you describe above, if they resulted
in a student being injured would result in a finding of negligence in most
courts by most juries. Negligence is the failure to behave the way a
reasonable prudent person would behave which causes injury or damages.
And, pouring your stuff down the drain can result in big fines and jail time.
Playing catch up may be what's going on but it no excuse for irresponsible
and criminal behavior.
The time has come to stop saying "gee wiz", "gosh", "golly",
"oh my" and
get to work.
In life, we find the time for the things we care about... our family, our
friends,
our faith, our hobbies, our work. Take your pick. If health, safety and
environmental affairs is important to one, one finds time for it. What this
is
really about is priorities! If you care about something, you find the time,
pay
the price, make the sacrifice.
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In a message dated 98-04-02 13:20:05 EST, you write:
<< How do we get the word out to the scientific communities in those
states in the US that are not covered by the Lab Standard? >>
JAK: I thought all states were covered (at least for the private sector).
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Jim,
Although I am not a laboratory type (my experience is H&S and
technical work on Supe
fund sites-15 years; and H&S etal at the Dept
of Energy-7 years), I can help some.
andrew.szilagyi@em.doe.gov
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Date: 4/2/98 6:43 PM
NACHO Members,
I have formed a NACHO Steering Committee to help with
the growth and development of the association. The committee
consists of all NACHO members who are willing to help (work).
So far, a few folks have expressed (either in public or private) that
they would like to help. They are....
JLaPierre@MAILBOX.UNE.EDU (Janeen LaPierre)
innocent@ICI.NET (Guy Innocente)
cdawley@TRANSPORT.COM (Cheryl Dawley)
rburns@bigfoot.com (Bob Burns)
BENEDIK@WOLF.RESEARCH.AA.WL.COM (Kathy Benedict)
If you are interested in working on some aspect of the growth
and development of the association, let any of us know so we
can get you involved.
The committee is currently working on establishing some goals
for NACHO (six month, one year, and three to five years). Any
suggestions?
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James A. Kaufman, President
The Laboratory Safety Workshop
192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760
508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 LabSafe@aol.com
Safety in Science Education
The Laboratory Safety Workshop is a national non-profit educational
organization dedicated to making health and safety an integral and
important part of science education. Free copies of our Laboratory
Safety Guidelines, Publications List, AV-Lending Library List, seminar
schedule, and membership information are available on request.
LABSAFETY-L is a public service of The Laboratory Safety Workshop.
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:58:57 -0500
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We can only help those who wish to be helped, and educate the rest. Nice to see
the trend to more safety education in the universities. WE in industry have had
to safety train people for years.
Labsafe wrote:
> In a message dated 98-04-02 13:20:05 EST, you write:
>
> << How do we get the word out to the scientific communities in those
> states in the US that are not covered by the Lab Standard? >>
>
> JAK: I thought all states were covered (at least for the private sector).
>
> *****************************************************
> James A. Kaufman, President
> The Laboratory Safety Workshop
> 192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760
> 508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 LabSafe@aol.com
> Safety in Science Education
>
> The Laboratory Safety Workshop is a national non-profit educational
> organization dedicated to making health and safety an integral and
> important part of science education. Free copies of our Laboratory
> Safety Guidelines, Publications List, AV-Lending Library List, seminar
> schedule, and membership information are available on request.
>
> LABSAFETY-L is a public service of The Laboratory Safety Workshop.
> **********************************************************************
--
Robert L. Burns
Group Leader, R&D
Ruetgers-Nease Corporation
201 Struble Road
State College, PA 16801
phone 814-231-9214
fax 814-238-1567
email rburns@bigfoot.com
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:38:00 -0500
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We are looking at providing our faculty with self-audit forms, a
mini-inspection that gives them something to go by when they look through
their labs.
Is anyone using this type of 'reminder'?
Does it work?
I would like to see examples of other self-audit forms. Please attach as
files or send urls if they are on the Net.
Dewey Williams - Lab Manager
mailto:williams@email.uncc.edu
UNC-Charlotte Chemistry Dept. http://www.chem.uncc.edu
"These are my ideas and no one else will claim them."
"If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate"
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:41:10 -0500
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WE do a monthly inspection, by a rotating team of two. WE are an industrial
lab. I'll be glad to send along the forms if anyone is interested.
bob
Dewey Williams wrote:
> We are looking at providing our faculty with self-audit forms, a
> mini-inspection that gives them something to go by when they look through
> their labs.
>
> Is anyone using this type of 'reminder'?
>
> Does it work?
>
> I would like to see examples of other self-audit forms. Please attach as
> files or send urls if they are on the Net.
>
> Dewey Williams - Lab Manager
> mailto:williams@email.uncc.edu
> UNC-Charlotte Chemistry Dept. http://www.chem.uncc.edu
> "These are my ideas and no one else will claim them."
> "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate"
--
Robert L. Burns
Group Leader, R&D
Ruetgers-Nease Corporation
201 Struble Road
State College, PA 16801
phone 814-231-9214
fax 814-238-1567
email rburns@bigfoot.com
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:54:41 -0500
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Greetings All,
I have volunteered at my daughter's high school to construct inventory,
gather MSD sheets, and insure proper storage. The chemistry teacher
has welcomed any and all the help she can get. I recommend getting
involved with local public schools. Every one I've ever looked at
could use help. I think if one takes the approach of offering your
services they are very receptive. My two cents.
Madelyn
----------------------
Madelyn Miller
Chemical Safety Specialist,CCHO
Environmental Health & Safety
Carnegie Mellon University
mmiller@andrew.cmu.edu
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:22:29 -0600
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Hi all,
First a big Mea Culpa and a thousand pardons for the personal message I
sent yesterday to Lou. I simply screwed up and didn't check after I hit
the "reply" button as to where it was going.
I'm the CHO for the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety. I am one of
those "collateral duty" CHO's as I am also a bench chemist doing analytical
radiochemistry on environmental sample. I've been a CHO since 1991. In my
previous life, I've been a US Naval nuclear engineering officer where I
specialized in radiation safety and power plant chemistry, in addition to
making ships go through the water. I'm a big believer in making safety a
consensus as opposed to it being a dictated way of life. I believe that
laboratory safety and R&D/ bench work are not mutually exclusive.
Well, there ya go! If anyone has questions, make sure you don't respond to
the list! (Yes, I'm also a bit cynical as well.)
Harry
Harry J. Elston, Ph.D., NRCC-CHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
Opinions are mine, not my employer's, blah, blah, blah
"You won't find this on 'Beakman's World.'"
-Special Agent Fox Mulder
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:22:44 -0500
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From: "Wheeler Conover, Southeast CC" <ewcono0@POP.UKY.EDU>
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>We are looking at providing our faculty with self-audit forms, a
>mini-inspection that gives them something to go by when they look through
>their labs.
>
>Is anyone using this type of 'reminder'?
>
> Does it work?
We basically do self inspections before state inspections occur. Generally,
the self inspections come about a month before the yearly state inspection;
however, with a new governance system for Kentucky's community colleges, we
don't have any idea how the new system will work. In any case, it tends to
identify errors beforehand (or cover up any illegal messes!!). I too would
be willing to see any self-audit forms. Having done graduate work in
radiochemistry, we had to stay in self-audit mode constantly.
Wheeler Conover, Ph. D.
Safety Officer/Chemistry Instructor
Southeast CC
Cumberland, KY
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:23:21 -0600
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Madelyn Miller wrote
>Greetings All,
>I have volunteered at my daughter's high school to construct inventory,
>gather MSD sheets, and insure proper storage. The chemistry teacher
>has welcomed any and all the help she can get. I recommend getting
>involved with local public schools.
>
As one of those high school teachers who teaches different classes (along
with sharing my room with another science teacher), I can say that any help
along the lines that Ms. Miller suggests would greatly be appreciated.
I have tried to become more safety conscious each year. Lists such as
this one are helpful, switching to a mostly microscale approach and reading
of safety procedures are making a difference in my lab setting.
Mike
Mike Gantz
McCall-Donnelly Schools ( Home of Barb Morgan-Teacher soon to be in space)
mgantz@cyberhighway.net
McCall, Idaho 83638
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:52:42 -0500
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Greetings All,
I have a laboratory audit form that is used by EH&S yearly but
individual labs use it for their own audits. It is in FileMakerPro, a
data-base, and I don't know how to send it via e-mail. If anyone
would like a copy, send me your snail mail address and I will mail one
to you. Send me e-mail to me personally and not to the list. Thanks
that will limit the clutter.
----------------------
Madelyn Miller
Chemical Safety Specialist,CCHO
Environmental Health & Safety
Carnegie Mellon University
mmiller@andrew.cmu.edu
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:59:29 -0500
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Here is the address for the form that we use at Colgate:
http://offices.colgate.edu/chemmgt/LSSprogram.htm
How well it works is directly related to the conscientiousness of the
laboratory supervisor.
Dennis Edwards
Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator
Colgate University
SB-4 McGregory Hall
Hamilton, NY 13346
315-228-7994
http://offices.colgate.edu/chemmgt/
> ----------
> We are looking at providing our faculty with self-audit forms, a
> mini-inspection that gives them something to go by when they look
> through
> their labs.
>
> Is anyone using this type of 'reminder'?
>
> Does it work?
>
> I would like to see examples of other self-audit forms. Please attach
> as
> files or send urls if they are on the Net.
>
> Dewey Williams - Lab Manager
> mailto:williams@email.uncc.edu
> UNC-Charlotte Chemistry Dept. http://www.chem.uncc.edu
> "These are my ideas and no one else will claim them."
> "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate"
>
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:26:49 -0600
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From: Kenneth REINEBACH <kenneth.reinebach@CCMAIL.ADP.WISC.EDU>
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Greetings fellow NACHOS,
I've been a lurker on this list for a while and I find it more worthwhile
than other lists I've tried. April 1 marks my eight year anniversary as Senior
Chemical Safety Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before
that, I taught AHERA asbestos certfication training programs for a year and a
half. before that, I was in graduate school. I received a Master of Public
Health degree in August, 1987 inn Environmental and Occupational Heath Sciences
from the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health. Before
that, I worked as a field chemist for a small hazardous waste disposal firm in
the Chicago area. I also have 2 BS degrees ( in Physiology and in Chemistry)
from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. I have been certified in
the comprehensive practice of Industrial Hygiene, since 1991.
My position description calls me the campus chemical hygiene officer, but
I have no authority over the 980 or so Principal Investigators that run the show
here at the UW. I provide guidance and help facilitate lab safety here on
campus. I'm also part of the team that manages the campus' hazardous waste
disposal efforts.
I have a good self-audit checklist that you can access, along with the rest
of our Laboratory Chemical Safety and Disposal Guide from the Safety Department
home page at http://www.wisc.edu/safety/
We dispose of picric acid via the sanitary sewer here at the UW. I've
opened dozens of picric acid containers, many of them crystalline material. Of
course, I make sure that I get the cap threads wet first by immersing it in
water before I open it. The only time I get nervous about picric, and think
about calling in the Pros, is if it is in a bottle with a metal cap. The metal
picrates are much more shock sensitive. All that and I haven't gotten blown
up yet.
Happy to be a NACHO,
--Ken Reinebach, CIH
Senior Chemical Safety Specialist
UW-Madison Safety Department
"If you're going to work with hazardous chemicals, you've got to learn as much
as you can about the physaical, chemical and toxicological properties of the
chemicals you are working with, and,
Don't get any on ya, and Don't get any in ya"
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Hi,
I am the Industrial Hygienist with the Food and Drug Administration Safety
Staff. This is a Headquarters position, and I am not on the front line as a
CHO. Our office handles everything from reviewing new lab and lab renovation
designs, decommissioning labs as FDA consolidates its operations, to
providing program guidance and oversight. FDA consists of the Center for
Food Safety, the Center for Veterinarian Medicine, the Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center
for Biologic Evaluation and Research, the National Center for Toxicological
Research, the Office of Regulatory Affairs(ORA) which includes the Forensic
Chemistry Center, and the Office of the Commissioner. In addition to our
office, there are safety officers for each Center, and regional safety
officers for the ORA labs located throughout the country.
I have a BS in chemistry, an MS in Physical Biochemistry, and have taught
high school chemistry, biology and physics, as well as teaching chemistry
laboratory sections at a large university before its graduate program began
and teaching at various local community colleges as an adjunct. I decided
about 10 years ago to become educated in all aspects of environmental,
health, and safety. My first job in this field was with a consulting company
performing asbestos surveys, environmental audits, IAQ investigations, etc. I
then worked for the Social Security Administration doing mostly office and
maintenance worker safety and industrial hygiene. But now I've come full
circle back to chemistry labs and I feel like I've come home. I've enjoyed
following the various lab safety threads, but at present I'm still a
"lurker".
Glad to get to know y'all!
Karen Flanigan CIH, CSP
Industrial Hygienist
FDA Safety Staff
5600 Fishers Lane, HF-34, Rockville, MD 20857
E-mail: KFlaniga@Bangate.FDA.Gov
phone(301)827-1014 fax(301)827-1018
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 11:24:24 -0600
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We have a self inspection form on the net.
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/envhs/self.htm
Feel free to adapt it for your needs.
We have just started using it this year so I don't know how well it works yet.
Bob
At 08:38 AM 4/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
>We are looking at providing our faculty with self-audit forms, a
>mini-inspection that gives them something to go by when they look through
>their labs.
>
>Is anyone using this type of 'reminder'?
>
> Does it work?
>
>I would like to see examples of other self-audit forms. Please attach as
>files or send urls if they are on the Net.
>
>
>Dewey Williams - Lab Manager
>mailto:williams@email.uncc.edu
>UNC-Charlotte Chemistry Dept. http://www.chem.uncc.edu
>"These are my ideas and no one else will claim them."
>"If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate"
>
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Robert Murphy, Industrial Hygienist
Environmental Health and Safety
Bowling Green State Universtiy
Phone : (419) 372-2171
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:47:42 -0500
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What a great idea! I would really like to pursue this one more closely. This could be a
good tool for getting upper level administrators on the safety band wagon.
I'm sure, as a parent myself, that a statement like this in the institutions catalog would
be quite reassuring and make me want to look more closely at the place for my child.
Possible selling potential for the university.
For what its worth, Janeen.
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From: "Nadine Grady, CIH" <ngrady@WHITWORTH.EDU>
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I'm a very new member of the NACHO list, and also the very new Chemical
Hygiene Officer for Whitworth College.
I spent 8 years with the Cincinnati Health Dept. doing IH consulting for
the general public, then 5 years as safety manager for the Metropolitan
Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati. Just moved back home to Spokane last
Saturday, and started work here on Monday. I'm looking forward to help and
guidance from others on this list!
Nadine B. Grady, RS, CIH
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
ngrady@whitworth.edu
Nadine Grady
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 10:08:05 -0800
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LABSAFETY-L@SIU.EDU,.internet writes:
>In a message dated 98-04-02 13:20:05 EST, you write:
><< How do we get the word out to the scientific communities in those
> states in the US that are not covered by the Lab Standard? >>
>JAK: I thought all states were covered (at least for the private
>sector).
Okay, I'm confused a bit, I think what I had in mind was that some
states (I thought about 15 of them) that do not have state OSHA
organizations. Isn't there something we discussed at a seminar about
them being in a legal limbo? TRR
> *****************************************************
> James A. Kaufman, President
> The Laboratory Safety Workshop
> 192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760
> 508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 LabSafe@aol.com
> Safety in Science Education
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It was my understanding that every state is covered by the lab
standard. Some states have lab standards of their own which would
supercede the federal one. Am I wrong?? Pat
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Patricia Barker Barkerp@Wabash.edu
Curator, Chemistry Department Phone 765-361-6207
Wabash College
301 West Wabash Ave Fax 765-361-6340
Crawfordsville, IN 47933 8:-)
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:39:39 -0600
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At 10:08 AM 4/3/98 -0800, you wrote:
>LABSAFETY-L@SIU.EDU,.internet writes:
>>In a message dated 98-04-02 13:20:05 EST, you write:
>
>><< How do we get the word out to the scientific communities in those
>> states in the US that are not covered by the Lab Standard? >>
>
>>JAK: I thought all states were covered (at least for the private
>>sector).
>
>Okay, I'm confused a bit, I think what I had in mind was that some
>states (I thought about 15 of them) that do not have state OSHA
>organizations. Isn't there something we discussed at a seminar about
>them being in a legal limbo? TRR
Teresa,
If a state does not have an approved plan (ie. an OSHA "Agreement State")
then the private sector is covered by Federal OSHA. OSHA regulations, from
what I understand, NEVER apply to the PUBLIC sector (like my laboratory for
instance), but the public sector is normally covered by a state "Department
of Labor" or some such entity. (Here in Illinois, it's IDOL).
If a state is an OSHA agreement state, then the state plan applies, since
it is the "same or more restrictive" than OSHA's regulations.
That is the way my informant at IDOL described it to me. Does that help or
hinder the confusion level?
Harry
Harry J. Elston, Ph.D., NRCC-CHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
Opinions are mine, not my employer's, blah, blah, blah
"You won't find this on 'Beakman's World.'"
-Special Agent Fox Mulder
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:48:00 -0600
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The OSHA Standard does not apply to state institutions in states that have
not developed their own osha program. Only 25 states have them. Private
employers must comply with either Federal or State OSHA regulations. If
you are a State employee in one of the other 25 states with no program you
have no OSHA protection. However, many State Colleges have decided to
voluntarily use the standards because they make good sense and it is the
right thing to do. I'm in the process of convincing my University this is
the way we should be doing business. I feel we do our students a
disservice if we are not teaching them how to work in an industrial lab
where they will be required to use a chemical hygiene plan. It should be
part of their education process. Sometimes I think Universities create the
monsters that industry has to reprogram (with regard to working safely). I
spent ten years in industry so I was definately not prepared for what I
found here!
Debra Sharpe
University Safety Officer
Auburn University
fax (334) 844-4640
Ph (334) 844-4870
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 14:39:23 -0600
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From: Jeff Rubin <jrubin@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU>
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No joke. It has been an uphill battle convincing industry wannabees that
employers care about lab safety. Fortunately, we were supported by a few
industry recruiters. Our Chemistry faculty were very supportive of our
upcoming semester-long lab safety class, which will give students
approriate training (and will count toward their degrees).
Step by step...
JNR
>The OSHA Standard does not apply to state institutions in states that have
>not developed their own osha program. Only 25 states have them. Private
>employers must comply with either Federal or State OSHA regulations. If
>you are a State employee in one of the other 25 states with no program you
>have no OSHA protection. However, many State Colleges have decided to
>voluntarily use the standards because they make good sense and it is the
>right thing to do. I'm in the process of convincing my University this is
>the way we should be doing business. I feel we do our students a
>disservice if we are not teaching them how to work in an industrial lab
>where they will be required to use a chemical hygiene plan. It should be
>part of their education process. Sometimes I think Universities create the
>monsters that industry has to reprogram (with regard to working safely). I
>spent ten years in industry so I was definately not prepared for what I
>found here!
>
>Debra Sharpe
>University Safety Officer
>Auburn University
>fax (334) 844-4640
>Ph (334) 844-4870
Jeff Rubin
Asst. Dean for Environmental Health & Safety
College of Natural Sciences, Office of the Dean
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1199
Campus mail: WCH 2.322 G2500
jrubin@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-6176
(512) 471-4998 (FAX)
(512) 875-2100 (Pager)
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:53:34 -0700
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I believe Pat is right. All states are covered by the OSHA standards,
including the lab standard, unless another Federal or State agency
exercises statutory authority (for example Department of Energy or State
OSHA programs). I think there are currently 25 states that run their own
OSHA program. Any state who assumed responsibility for there own OSHA
program had to submit their OSHA plan for approval. OSHA is a branch of
the Department of Labor (DOL).
PS - per section 3 of the OSHA Act of 1970, State includes a State of the
US, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Section 4,
Applicability of the OSHA act lists a few more.
barkerp@WABASH.EDU on 04/03/98 11:19:00 AM
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It was my understanding that every state is covered by the lab
standard. Some states have lab standards of their own which would
supercede the federal one. Am I wrong?? Pat
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Patricia Barker Barkerp@Wabash.edu
Curator, Chemistry Department Phone 765-361-6207
Wabash College
301 West Wabash Ave Fax 765-361-6340
Crawfordsville, IN 47933 8:-)
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Safescience (safesci) is my "handle" on the Net. I am a K-12 Director
of Science and Safety for the Glastonbury Public Schools District,
Glastonbury, CT, USA. In the health and safety end, I basically serve
as the safety director responsible for employee and student safety. I
write programs, train employees and "police" the standards. Given my
area of science, I am especially interested in laboratory safety. We
have 20 laboratories in two facilities.
In addition, I operate my of consultancy -National Safety Consultants.
We service business, industry and education. I am an authorized OSHA
instructor for both general industry and construction. I write a
safety column titled "Safe Science: Be Protected!" for several
publications.
Finally, I have also been fortunate to work with one of the prime
movers in laboratory safety - Jim K. I serve on his Board of
Directors.
Dr. Ken Roy
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Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 23:17:07 EST
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In a message dated 98-04-02 08:20:43 EST, Mike Miller wrote:
<< We have a perchloric acid hood that we would like to use as a general
chemical
fume hood. People in the lab have not used it as a perchloric acid hood for
at least the past 15 years. The hood has not been used during this time.
There is air flow through the hood, but it has a flood light of all things as
its light source. Any suggestions on "certification" that the hood is "safe
for use" or should this be a consideration. >>
JAK: The older editions of the CRC Handbook of Lab Safety has
a section on the decommissioning of perchloric acid fume hoods.
I recall seeing recently (maybe on the SAFETY list) the values to
use for a wipe test to determine if the hood was too contaminated
or not. It was something like less than 1.25ug/sqcm was ok and
over 6.25ug/sqcm was trouble. Does anyone recall more accurately?
*****************************************************
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Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 08:48:06 -0400
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CHEMICAL HEALTH & SAFETY (July/August 1996) had a good article:
"Laboratory on the move". This is a good article. Also, one of the
references may be of some help: "Perchloric Acid Contaminated Hood
Decontamination Procedures Manual", Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (1993)
Guy
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At 11:17 PM 4/4/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-04-02 08:20:43 EST, Mike Miller wrote:
>
><< We have a perchloric acid hood that we would like to use as a general
>chemical
> fume hood. People in the lab have not used it as a perchloric acid hood for
> at least the past 15 years. The hood has not been used during this time.
> There is air flow through the hood, but it has a flood light of all things as
> its light source. Any suggestions on "certification" that the hood is
"safe
> for use" or should this be a consideration. >>
>
>JAK: The older editions of the CRC Handbook of Lab Safety has
>a section on the decommissioning of perchloric acid fume hoods.
>
>I recall seeing recently (maybe on the SAFETY list) the values to
>use for a wipe test to determine if the hood was too contaminated
>or not. It was something like less than 1.25ug/sqcm was ok and
>over 6.25ug/sqcm was trouble. Does anyone recall more accurately?
>
> *****************************************************
> James A. Kaufman, President
> The Laboratory Safety Workshop
> 192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760
> 508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 LabSafe@aol.com
> Safety in Science Education
>
>The Laboratory Safety Workshop is a national non-profit educational
>organization dedicated to making health and safety an integral and
>important part of science education. Free copies of our Laboratory
>Safety Guidelines, Publications List, AV-Lending Library List, seminar
>schedule, and membership information are available on request.
>
>LABSAFETY-L is a public service of The Laboratory Safety Workshop.
> **********************************************************************
>
>
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Hello All,
Here is my introduction:
I rec'd a BS in Microbiology from U Mass in Amherst. Besides the chemistry
requirements for a major in Micro, I have taken additional chemistry as a
post graduate. I earned my way through school as a firefigter/EMT and
continued that, as a call firefigther, for 12 years after graduation.
My first real job was in an industrial research lab (esterifications and
some polymer work)(5 years). I did a short period with a Hazardous waste
transproter, then two years in a textile research lab. Finally, for the
last 12 years I have been a hospital safety and industrial hygiene officer.
The hospital is a teaching hospital. Duties include Industrial Hygiene,
Chemical Hygiene Officer, Fire safety, General safety, emergency
preparedness, environmental compliance, Personal Protective Equipment, Spill
response, etc. and training, training, training.
You see, CHO is only one part of my duties. I would have volunteered for
this position, anyway. I have always found lab safety to be interesting and
in 1982, Jim put the final hook in for my interest in lab safety.
Guy
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JAK: The following comments appeared on the SAFETY discussion
list....
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 18:31:26 -0500
From: Al Niemi <anniemi@mtu.edu>
Subject: Re: Health and Safety Pledge
I would guess that every college and university president would be more
than willing to take that pledge but I would be more interested in knowing
how many would "walk the walk." For example, if they say safety is first,
then they would never knowingly let a department do something that clearly
violates major components of the Life Safety Code, right? So how many of
our administrators still allow individual departments or groups to move
into buildings or other facilities that were originally constructed for
some other purpose (like old residential housing units) without bringing
them up to code for the new use first? What they are really saying when
they do this is "I realize that this facility is lacking in provisions for
fire safety, ventilation, electrical, etc., but business comes first so we
are going to let you move in anyway."
As far as a strategic advantage, I don't think that the major funding
sources (students, parents, government, alumni, etc.) give much
consideration to a university's safety record or safety programs in their
allocation equation. One exception to that seems to be DOE, but they are
more interested in environmental issues than safety and health.
Allen Niemi, PhD, Director of Occupational Safety and Health Services
Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI 49931
Phone (906)487-2118, Fax (906)487-3291 anniemi@mtu.edu
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James A. Kaufman, President
The Laboratory Safety Workshop
192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760
508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 LabSafe@aol.com
Safety in Science Education
The Laboratory Safety Workshop is a national non-profit educational
organization dedicated to making health and safety an integral and
important part of science education. Free copies of our Laboratory
Safety Guidelines, Publications List, AV-Lending Library List, seminar
schedule, and membership information are available on request.
LABSAFETY-L is a public service of The Laboratory Safety Workshop.
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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 09:23:10 -0400
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Greetings and good morning,
I have a request. I am in the final editing of our Respiratory
Protection Plan (The new Standard goes into effect Wed.) and this time
I am including a forward written, well written by me, and signed by the
President of this university. I believe that all of our policies
should start out with an endorsement by the president. Does anyone
have any examples of verbiage that I might use that would be palatable
to a university president and would get the attention of faculty staff
and students?
Madelyn
----------------------
Madelyn Miller
Chemical Safety Specialist, CCHO
Environmental Health & Safety
Carnegie Mellon University
mmiller@andrew.cmu.edu
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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 10:30:40 -0400
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Hello to all on the Lab Safety Net;
My name is Wes Kolar and I work as a Laboratory Safety
Specialist at the University of Georgia. My formal training
is in chemistry. After obtaining an MS, I worked for three
years in an environmental production laboratory in the field
of radiochemistry. I left the field of radiochemistry a couple
of years ago (due to governmental cutbacks), and headed in a
new direction, namely laboratory safety. I will be attending
the LS & EM conference in June, and look forward to meeting
many of you. Bye for now. Wes
Wes Kolar
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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 07:59:19 -0700
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Mike--I'm the chem tech & CHO at North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene. I
"interface" a lot with local teachers (and parents at science fair time).
This is more of howdy than anything else, but I think this listserv is a
great communication tool. Somehow, I don't think you get to go to many
east coast seminars either. Anyhow my e-mail address if you didn't pick
it up is-- srblack@nidc.edu
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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 14:19:04 PDT
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Hello
As you already noticed, my name is Caren Thomas, and I teach high school chemistry at
Winfield High School in Winfield, WV. Although I majored in Chemistry, there were no
Chem teaching jobs available and I taught math for fifteen years before coming back to
it. I have been concerned about student (and my) safety since re-entering the lab as an
instructor. However, at the time I got my degree, while safety issues were addressed to
a certain extent, "safety" wasn't an official part of the curriculum. Also, OSHA
guidelines were never mentioned (was there even such a thing???). I was pleased to see
this forum started, so that I can learn more.
I was one of our county's representatives a couple years ago when Jim did a one-day
workshop in Parkersburg, WV, and try to keep the teachers in my school aware of safety
issues. I have been using the "gospel according to Flynn" as a reference
whenever
anything comes up about which someone has a question. The problem arises when the
questions aren't asked...they just go ahead and "do". As of this year I am the
science
department chair, which at least puts a little "oomph" behind my suggestions.
I will most likely be "lurking" as issues are addressed, but certainly
appreciate
being able to be a part of the forum.
Caren
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Name: Caren Thomas /~~~~
Chemistry teacher || "Waft, not whiff!"
WV k-12 RuralNet TL / \
Winfield High School / \
Winfield, WV (~~~~~~)
E-mail: cthomas@access.k12.wv.us (Caren Thomas)
Date: 04/06/98
Time: 14:19:04
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From: Saruk and Batya Eshel <eshel@ACTCOM.CO.IL>
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Hi,
I have a BA in chemistry from Reed College with
a thesis written in radioanalytical chemistry,
and have worked almost continuously since then as a
research technician in Biochemistry, Genetics, and
Molecular Biology. Since my Junior year in college
safety has been one of my key interests. I generally
volunteer or am assigned safety duties in the lab,
including radiation safety, MSDS inventory, SOP designs,
and general lab safety. This is my first position
not in an academic setting. I am currently a
tech at a small
government hospital in a foreign country where the
research laboratories are only two years old. The
facilities are currently housed in a renovated building not
really ideal for our purposes, and I am in the process
of designing safety protocols and a manual (in English
first, since I can work best in my mother tongue). Top
priority is the radiation safety, since even here the
feds have more interest in radiation safety than in
biohazard or chemical safety.
When I was a student in Oregon and was concerned
about certain non-safe practices occuring, the OSHA office
told me there was nothing they could do, as the school
was exempt. Luckily, I was also employed by the school
at the time as a student helper and could call the
Department of Labor. This I did, and they came to
inspect, issued warnings, and some rather unpleasant
practices were ended (for the time, I have no idea
what current policies are).
Glad to see so many others interested in lab
safety.
all the best,
Batya Eshel
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:21:48 PST8PDT
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From: Debbie Decker <deckerd@FACMGMTSERVER.FM.CSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Introducing Yourself
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Hi all:
Having just returned from our first trip to Disneyland with the kids
(ages 7 and 8) and then plunged right into 3 days of a hazardous
waste shipment, I'm just now shovelling out my e-mail box. At Jim's
behest, I guess I'll offer a bit of an introduction.
I'm Debbie Decker, Chemical Hygiene Officer at California State
University, Sacramento (not to be confused with the University of
California - separate systems - who said California ever does
anything easy?). I've been with the university for a little over 5
years, doing chemical hygiene, haz waste management, chemical
inventory (a huge project that is becoming huger - don't go
there!!!), MSDS interp, lab safety, training training training, other
duties as assigned.
I have my BS in chemistry from University of California, Davis and a
hazardous materials management certificate. Hopefully, I'll be a
certified cho soon (as soon as I get all the papers filled out). I
taught jr. high school for a _very_ short time <g> and then went to
work in the explosives industry - I ran the chemistry lab, did r&d,
failure analysis, project management, you-name-it. Explosives is
fun, I tell ya <g>. Did a brief stint for a contract lab, doing
pesticide analysis and then to CSUS.
I'm enjoying NACHO! What a fun group :-)
Cheers,
Deb.
Debbie Decker, Chemical Hygiene Officer
Environmental Health & Safety
CSU, Sacramento
6000 J St.
Sacramento, CA USA 95819.6002
Voice: 916.278.5165 FAX: 916.278.5960
ddecker@csus.edu
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This is a bit off topic but, in the spirit of Easter, I am hoping
someone might be able to help me out with this. My local church is
looking for a generous person/company to donate a microscope for a
Christian missionary group in New Guinea so they can check for malaria.
One 500x power should do it. Does anyone have any suggestions on where
I could go to look for such a donation, or perhaps to buy one used?
Thank you in advance.
Lisa Cullen, CIH
Principal Industrial Hygienist
Keystone@redrose.net
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 16:09:49 -0400
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If you are near a medical school, find out who services their scopes.
There are usually some reconditioned extras that can be obtained at minimal
cost.
Dr. Henry Boyter, Jr. Ph.D. Chemist
The opinions of Dr. Boyter are provided for informational purposes only and
should not be used as advice. No warranty or expression of professionalism
is implied.
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From: L.Cullen <Keystone@redrose.net>
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Subject: microscope donation
Date: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 9:36 AM
This is a bit off topic but, in the spirit of Easter, I am hoping
someone might be able to help me out with this. My local church is
looking for a generous person/company to donate a microscope for a
Christian missionary group in New Guinea so they can check for malaria.
One 500x power should do it. Does anyone have any suggestions on where
I could go to look for such a donation, or perhaps to buy one used?
Thank you in advance.
Lisa Cullen, CIH
Principal Industrial Hygienist
Keystone@redrose.net
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 08:23:13 EDT
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From: Harvard Continuing Education <Contedu@SPH.HARVARD.EDU>
Subject: BioSafety Cabinet Certification Course at Harvard
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At the Harvard School of Public Health:
Testing and Certification of Biological Safety Cabinets
June 15 - 19, 1998
Course Directors: Melvin W. First, ScD, PE, CIH; Stephen N. Rudnick, ScD,
CIH; John M. Price, MS, CIH, CSP
This course covers all aspects of biosafety cabinet field certification.
You will develop thorough knowledge of the instruments needed for
accurate certification, including calibration techniques that can be
applied by equipment users. You will work with full-scale equipment in
simulated field situations during two days of hands-on experience in the
laboratory with individual attention from faculty and laboratory
instructors. Class II cabinets (Types A, B1, B2, B3) from major
manufacturers are available for individual instruction and for practice
of all certification tests. The NSF written and practical examinations
are offered immediately following the program.
For a complete course brochure and agenda, reply to
contedu@sph.harvard.edu with your full mailing address.
Center for Continuing Professional Education (contedu@sph.harvard.edu)
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue, LL-23
Boston, MA 02115-6096
Phone: (617) 432-1171
Fax: (617) 432-1969
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/ccpe.html
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Thank you for the information on some of your course offerings. I am interested in masters
level courses. Please send me a catalog. Thanks, Janeen
Janeen M. Lapierre, CHO
College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of New England
11 Hills Beach Road
Biddeford, ME 04005
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From: "Prosch, Sheri" <sheri_prosch@MS1.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Intro and Pres. signature
Greetings, NACHOs!
I believe it is finally time to introduce myself. My name is Sheri Prosch,
Chemical Hygiene Officer at Mankato State University in southern Minnesota.
We are only 10 miles south of St. Peter which you may have seen in the news
recently due to the tornado destruction or 70 miles SW of Minneapolis/St.
Paul.
Duties I perform are industrial hygiene, chemical hygiene, haz waste,
training, etc. in nature. I've been here since 1994 in this capacity. I'm
currently finishing up my MS in Environmental Science - just a thesis away.
Last year I became a certified chemical hygiene officer. I've worked on
safety issues since 1988 and gained valuable information from a CIH friend of
mine.
Interesting issues at MSU include lab clean outs and chemical inventory. Two
years ago, our EHS department jumped on the opportunity to clean out a lab
that needed to be emptied for asbestos removal. It was a success and we've
been moving from lab to lab since and probably won't be done for another year.
If any of you happen to be attending the American Industrial Hygiene
Conference & Exposition in Atlanta this May, I will be presenting our
experience on Wednesday at 2pm.
Below is a an example of the endorsement page for MSU's chemical hygiene plan
signed by our President. We do not have one of these for every program but
that is a goal. Madelyn, I hope this helps you out.
I think that NACHO discussions have been and will be very worthwhile. Will
there be a NACHO get-together at the AIHCE conference? I would be interested
in meeting more of you. I may even be able to set something up if there is
enough interest. Let know.
Sheri Prosch, NRCC-CHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Mankato State Uni
ersity
MSU 76 PO Box 8400
Mankato, MN 56002
(507)389-5568
sheri.prosch@mankato.msus.edu
___________________
MANKATO STATE UNIVERSITY
University Operations
Office of Environmental Health & Safety
CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN
This Chemical Hygiene Plan will achieve Mankato State University compliance
with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard 29 CFR
1910.1450 and any other federal, state and local laws that requires all
employers engaged in the laboratory use of chemicals to comply with specific
requirements, including the development and implementation of a Laboratory
Chemical Hygiene plan.
This plan contains sections that identify requirements for Hazardous
wastestream source identification and characterization, signage, handling,
labeling and hazardous waste disposal procedures consistent with Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) rules chapters 7001, 7045, and 7046.
This plan is a fluid document subject to regulatory changes. Written
recommendations to improve this plan may be submitted to the office of
Environmental Health & Safety. Submissions may be adopted following review by
the Chemical Hygiene Officer and the Chemical Hygiene Committee.
The responsibility for implementing and maintaining regulatory compliance with
this Chemical Hygiene Plan begins with the President and reaches through the
entire university to include each Vice President, administrator, faculty
member, staff member and student. University Operations, Office of
Environmental Health & Safety is responsible for the administration of this
plan.
Approved:_________(signature)_________,President Date:____________________
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 14:52:21 -0800
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From: Teresa Robertson <Teresa_Robertson@FIRSTCLASS1.CSUBAK.EDU>
Organization: CSU Bakersfield
Subject: azide msds needed
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Does anyone have a msds, or the like, for tert-butyl carbonyl azide?
TRR
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 15:22:38 -0600
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