Compliance with the Laboratory Safety Standard was initiated for the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Columbus campus in June, 1998. This standard applies to all departments that deal with wet chemistry on a laboratory scale i.e. operations easily manipulated by one person, large number of chemicals, small quantities of material, multiple procedures used, not part of a production process, etc. Compliance is similar to that for the Hazard Communication Standard with some additional requirements. The following outline should assist you in complying with this regulation. Please call the college safety office if you have any questions or require any assistance.

Requirements and What to Do

Written Chemical Hygiene Plan

Obtain generic Chemical Hygiene Plan from OEHS at http ://www.ehs.ohio-state.edu/index.asp?PAGE=ehs.chp, or the college health and safety speacialist, follow instructions, add sections and fill blanks, modify if necessary. Locate your written Chemical Hygiene Plan in a place accessible to employees.

Chemical Information

Inventory chemicals and obtain MSDS's for those with hazard ratings of 4. Locate MSDS's with Chemical Hygiene Plan. Post inventory on laboratory door. Provide access to and identify sources of chemical information.Retain labels on chemicals received. You may search for MSDS's at http://www.ehs.ohio-state. edu/.

Training

Identify and list employees required to have training. Send laboratory supervisors and employees to OEHS or the college health and safety speacialist for generic lab standard training.Train employees on special procedures for handling laboratory chemicals.Document training.

Exposure Monitoring

Contact OEHS when there is reason to believe that employees are exposed to harmful levels of hazardous chemicals.

Medical Consultation

Provide employees access to University Employee Health Service at (614) 293-8146 for medical consultations if needed.

Additional Laboratory Standard Training Information

Training in chemical hygiene is required by OSHA for all employees who work in wet chemistry labs, i.e., handle large numbers of chemicals usually for short duration, in varying amounts (non-production). Generic training in chemical hygiene is available at OEHS the fourth Tuesday of every month at 8:30 A.M. Call 292-1284 to schedule or go to http://www.ehs.ohio-state.edu/index.asp?PAGE=ehs. lstraining. OEHS personnel can also train small groups or your entire department. The college health and safety speacialist can provide this training as well. Training on specific laboratory hazards is the responsibility of the individual departments and/or supervisors.