Contents


CHAPTER 1 - HEALTH AND SAFETY AT STANFORD

- Principles
- Responsibilities
- Practices
- Documentation, Recordkeeping, and Compliance


CHAPTER 2 - EH&S SAFETY SERVICES

- Administration
- Emergency Response
- Non-Emergency Response
- Laboratory Safety and Environmental Programs

• Hazardous Materials and Chemical Inventories
• Environmental Programs

- Biosafety
- Safety Engineering
- Industrial Hygiene
- Fire Safety
- Chemical Waste

• Chemical Waste Technicians
• Waste Minimization and Reduction

- Communications and Training
- Health Physics

• Brachytherapy/New Facilities/Emergency Response
• Dosimetry/Radiation Film Badges
• Medical Machines
• Nuclear Medicine
• Radioactive Waste
• Inspection Station/Calibration
• Non-Medical Machines/Sealed Sources
• Survey and Compliance/Thyroid Bioassay


CHAPTER 3 - WORKPLACE SAFETY TOPICS
REGULATIONS

- Injury and Illness Prevention Act-Senate Bill 198
- Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)
- Stanford Medical Surveillance Program

ACCIDENT REPORTING

- Workers Compensation Benefits
- Serious Injury Reporting Procedures
- Accident Investigation

ASBESTOS

BUILDING UTILITY SHUTDOWNS

ENGINEERING CONTROLS

- Biological Safety Cabinets
- Proper Fume Hood Use

ERGONOMICS

- Comfort in the Office

COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDERS

CONFINED SPACE SAFETY PROCEDURES

ELECTRICAL HAZARDS

EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM

HEAT STRESS

LOCK OUT / TAG OUT

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:

- Respiratory Protection Program
- Protective Glove Properties (chart)
- Safety Shoes

TOOL AND MACHINERY SAFETY

- Personal Protective Equipment
- General Operating Procedures
- Hand Tools
- Machine Tools
- Abrasive Wheels
- Lathes
- Welding, Cutting, and Brazing
- Drill Presses
- Ladders & Scaffolds
- Woodworking Machines


CHAPTER 4 - MANAGING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INTRODUCTION TO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MANAGEMENT AND EH&S

THE REGULATORY WORLD

- County Hazardous Materials Storage Ordinance (HMSO)
- Toxic Gas Ordinance
- Hazardous Materials Management Plans (HMMP)
- Acutely Hazardous Materials (AHM) and Risk Management Prevention Plans (RMPP)
- Proposition 65--The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act
- CAL/OSHA Regulated Carcinogens
- OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Rule
- Universal Precautions (chart)
- OSHA Lab Standard
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Uniform Fire Code Hazard Classes
- DOT Hazard Classes

THE HAZMAT SAFETY SYSTEM AT STANFORD

- Stanford's HazMat Safety System
- Stanford's Chemical Hazard Comm. Policy (CHCP)
- Labeling Requirements
- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)
- Stanford's Chemical Safety Database
- Stanford Chemical Safety Classification System
- Storage Groups
- Main Hazard Classifications
- Additional Hazard Classifications
- Regulated Substance List
- Safe Chemical Storage
- Secondary Containment
- Chemical Inventories at Stanford

SAFETY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

- Specific Training Responsibilities of PI's, Supervisors, and Instructors
- Documentation
- Videos, Publications, and EH&S Assistance
- Questions Regarding the Hazard Comm. Program

GUIDELINES FOR LABORATORY DEACTIVATION

- Hazardous Materials/Chemicals
- Biological and Biohazardous Materials
- Radioactive Materials

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

- Air Quality
- Drinking Water
- Wastewater
- Storm Water
- Soil and Groundwater Quality


CHAPTER 5- HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Introduction

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4


CHAPTER 6 - PREVENTING AND HANDLING EMERGENCIES

- Preventing Accidents
- Safety Training: Your Key to Preventing Emergencies
- Emergency Response Decision Chart
- Major Disasters and the Emergency Operations Plan

• Department/Building Emergency & Disaster Planning

- Emergency Medical Treatment For Students, Faculty, and Staff
- Earthquake Preparedness Procedures
- Chemical Spills and Other Accidental Releases

• Responsibility
• Protective Glove Properties (chart)
• Handling Acids and Bases
• Handling Flammable Liquids
• Handling Poisons
• Handling Mercury
• Handling Alkali


APPENDICES

- Definitions: Health Threatening vs. Non-Health Threatening Emergencies
- University Health and Safety Policies

• Policy on Emergency and Hazardous Material Release Response
• Policy on Emergency Response Procedures
• Chemical Hazard Communication Policy

- Guide to Reading a Material Safety Data Sheet
- Commonly Encountered Acronyms
- Acute Hazardous Wastes
- Extremely Hazardous Wastes


Provider: Environmental Health and Safety, Stanford University

Last updated: April 2002

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