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Office of Academic Lab Safety

Emergency Procedures

Reference Documents & Links

Lab Procedures

Fire/Explosion

Chemical Hygiene Plan

General Rules

Chemical or Biological Spill

Hazardous Communication Plan

Storing Chemicals

Tornado

 Bloodborne Pathogen Plan

 Handling Chemicals

 Power Failures

MSDS links

Transporting Chemicals

Gas Leaks

How to read an MSDS

Eye Protection

Water Leaks

 Why a CHP and CHO?

Skin Protection

 

 Library/Bibliography

Gas Cylinders

 

 Incident Report Form

Hazardous Waste Disposal

 

 Lab Safety on the WWW

Reading the NFPA Labels

 

Lab Incidents

Ventilation

 

OSHA Lab Standard

Safety Bulletin Boards in Labs

 

Odor Thresholds

Laser Safety

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The legal safety document for using chemicals in labs is the Chemical Hygiene Plan.  In many instances, the guidelines listed there are not as specific as someone might want them to be.  Thus, there are much more detailed instructions about lab safety issues in the "Lab Procedures" items listed above.

Dr. David C. Finster 
Professor of Chemistry 
University Chemical Hygiene Officer 
dfinster@wittenberg.edu 
327-6441

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