安全检查程序

政策

The mission of the 菠菜网lol正规平台 理学院 安全委员会 is to ensure a safe work environment for faculty, staff, students and visitors through the creation and implementation 安全项目. It is the responsibility of the Committee to recommend to the Dean department-appropriate safety policies in accordance with federal, state and University guidelines that cover workplace safety.  安全科学学院 Committee has created a Laboratory Inspection Program to comply with this policy.

范围

The 安全委员会 has identified laboratory and other spaces within the College of 科学 that house potentially hazardous activities, materials and/or equipment. If a space in the 理学院 is to be used with any of the potentially hazardous materials/activities below, then that space is considered “inspectable” by the Committee and subject to safety inspections each semester.

责任

Individual departments must identify three people for each space in which potentially 发生危险活动:

  1. Responsible Person: the person who is responsible for assuring safe conditions in the space (often the PI for a research laboratory and the department chair for other 空格).
  2. Departmental 安全 Representative: whose role is to participate in inspections and serve as a liaison between the department and the CoS 安全委员会 (often the departmental representative on the CoS 安全委员会).
  3. 安全 Contact: who also will participate in the inspections and is the person designated by the responsible person to correct any deficiencies identified during an inspection (often the PI or designee in a research lab and the faculty or staff member most involved 在教学实验室里).

危险活动类别

Chemical Hazards – use of highly flammable, toxic, explosive, highly reactive, corrosive, 或者对环境有害的材料

受控物质 – use of substances controlled by the DEA or other government agency or appearing on 他们的观察名单

Ionizing Radiation – use of radioactive materials or x-ray or gamma ray sources

其他 Radiation Sources – Use of lasers, ultraviolet, microwave, and other high intensity 有潜在危害的来源

Compressed Gases or Vacuum Pumps – flammable or non-flammable gas cylinders and any vacuum system where the potential exists for explosion, implosion, or catastrophic 气体释放

Cryogens – use of liquid nitrogen, liquid helium, dry ice, or other materials dangerous because of their low temperature or potential to displace oxygen

Electrical Hazards – use of any use of voltages higher than 240V and/or current higher than 20A, or potentially hazardous use of lower currents/potentials

Power Tools – use of any potentially hazardous power tools or other tools that are potentially hazardous; appropriate safety mechanisms (guards, lockouts, etc.)必须 就位.

Biohazards – use of use of any animal blood or tissue, or work in biosafety level 1 (BSL-1) or biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) facilities

安全检查

Inspections will be scheduled, with at least 一个 week’s notice, by the CoS safety inspector (generally a student assistant hired and trained for this purpose) and will be conducted by a team of three people comprised of the CoS safety inspector, the departmental safety representative, and the safety contact for the space being inspected.

The specific items to be reviewed during the inspections may be found at this link. Note that the items may be revised as we transition to a new inspection system supported 通过CSU系统.

文件和跟进

The CoS safety inspector, in cooperation with department representatives conducting the inspection, will create an inspection report, that will be forwarded to department representatives (responsible person, safety contact, and chair) and other 安全人员 (chair of CoS 安全委员会, CoS Chemical 安全 Coordinator, and EH&导演). A copy of inspection reports will also be kept on a shared drive that allows them to be viewed by the Dean, the 安全委员会 members, and other college and university 安全人员.

In most cases, the Responsible Person of the area is accountable for ensuring correction 检查中发现的任何危险. 科学学院安全人员和 菠菜网lol正规平台 Environmental Health and 安全 will assist departments when necessary. 纠正 action time frames will be determined based on the severity of the risk. 迫在眉睫的 hazards will always take priority and must be corrected immediately or operations 必须停止，直到危险减轻. 将进行后续检查 if necessary to assure corrective action is completed.

保留记录

Documentation of inspections and corrective actions will be kept for at least 3 years.

This policy was approved by CoS 安全委员会 and CoS Dean in 2018年12月.