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
-	Biology Dept Policy for Use of Infective Agents	-
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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

The next CHP training session is: