Chemistry & Chemical Biology Safety Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Attendees
Floyd Davis
Keane Leitch
Chad Lewis
Tom Ruttledge
Dotsevi Sogah
John Terry
David Usher
 
Agenda

• Accident/ Injury Reporting
  • Undergraduate teaching lab procedure
  • THF spill 09/07/2011 110 baker Lab
• Sharps handling
  • Disposal issues
  • Pick-up locations
    • Tank room on loading dock of ST Olin
    • Clark hall
• Web page edits
• Review and approval of project proposals
  • Form
  • Can these be presented during safety committee meetings
• Spill reporting
• Gas Cabinet design Standard
• Lab Inspections
  • forms
  • 2nd week in October

Accident/ Injury Reporting

• Review of draft procedure for the Undergraduate teaching labs (see attached document)
  • Tom Rutteledge averse to the idea of following up with the TA to ensure that info has been logged into the University system……too many emails
    • Suggestion of setting filter for these emails
  • Suggestion to have Safety Manager follow-up to ensure that the information has been entered into the electronic system
  • Questions as to who enters the data
  • Suggestion to try the system

THF spill 09/07/2011 110 baker Lab sent for review and comment following the meeting
Chad Lewis agreed to serve as a resource to the DiSalvo group since he uses a similar system as does Prof. Sogah, Dichtel, Coates and Lewis.
 
RMW Sharps handling
o    Drop off locations-approved
         Tank room on loading dock of ST Olin
         Clark Hall Room UC-6
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Review and approval of project proposals
o    Review of Draft proposal Form (see attached document)-approved
o    Scheduling reviews for during safety committee meetings-rejected
Lab Inspections
o    Self-Inspection Checklist-approved
o    Scheduling will start early October-approved
 
Action Items:
Keane to schedule 2nd safety committee meeting for end of fall semester.
Rachna to draft new proposal for alternate experiment using approved form