CHEMICAL SAFETY MANUAL 2017 Risk Management Services www.rms.ubc.ca www.riskmanagement.ok.ubc.ca 1 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 10 1.1 Risk Management Services ............................................................................... 10 1.2 Duties and Responsibilities ............................................................................... 10 1.3 Incident/Accident Reporting ............................................................................. 11 1.4 Chemical Safety Program ................................................................................. 11 1.5 Hazardous Materials Management .................................................................... 11 2 Risk Assessment ....................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Safe Experiment Design ................................................................................... 12 2.1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 12 2.1.2 Responsibility ........................................................................................... 12 2.1.3 Procedure ................................................................................................ 12 2.2 Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) ........................... 14 2.2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 14 2.2.2 Background .............................................................................................. 14 2.2.3 Labels ...................................................................................................... 15 2.2.4 Safety Data Sheets ................................................................................... 18 2.3 Chemicals Hazards and Handling ...................................................................... 21 2.3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 21 2.3.2 Hazard Categories .................................................................................... 23 2.3.3 Pictograms ............................................................................................... 23 2.3.4 Explosive Materials ................................................................................... 24 2.3.5 Gases under Pressure ............................................................................... 26 2.3.6 Flammable Materials ................................................................................. 27 2.3.7 Oxidizing Materials .................................................................................... 30 2.3.8 Acutely Toxic Compounds ......................................................................... 31 2.3.9 Health Hazardous Compounds ................................................................... 33 2.3.10 Biohazardous Materials ............................................................................. 34 2.3.11 Corrosive Materials ................................................................................... 35 3 Risk Control .............................................................................................................. 36 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 36 3.2 Elimination and Substitution ............................................................................. 36 3.3 Engineering Controls ....................................................................................... 37 3.3.1 Laboratory Fume Hoods ............................................................................ 37 3.3.2 Biosafety Cabinets and Glove Boxes ........................................................... 39 Risk Management Services page 2 of 95 Chemical Safety Manual - 2017 4 Administrative Controls .............................................................................................. 39 4.1 Chemical Safety Training ................................................................................. 39 4.2 Laboratory Hazard Door Signage ...................................................................... 40 4.3 Working Alone Procedure ................................................................................. 40 4.4 Chemical Storage and Segregation ................................................................... 41 4.4.1 Inventory ................................................................................................. 41 4.4.2 General Rules for Safe Storage .................................................................. 41 4.4.3 Chemical Segregation for Storage .............................................................. 42 4.4.4 Storage Guidelines of Specific Hazard Classes ............................................. 45 4.4.4.1 Compressed Gases.................................................................................................... 45 4.4.4.2 Flammable Liquids .................................................................................................... 45 4.4.4.3 Toxic Materials ......................................................................................................... 47 4.4.4.4 Corrosive Acids and Bases ........................................................................................ 47 4.4.4.5 Oxidizers and Peroxidizable Compounds ................................................................. 47 4.5 Laboratory Inspections .................................................................................... 47 4.6 Occupational and Preventive Health Program .................................................... 49 4.6.1 Program Description ................................................................................. 49 5 Personal Protective Equipment ................................................................................... 50 5.1 Basic PPE ........................................................................................................ 50 5.2 Lab Coats and Aprons ...................................................................................... 50 5.3 Eye and Face Protection .................................................................................. 51 5.4 Laboratory Gloves ........................................................................................... 52 5.5 Footwear ........................................................................................................ 53 5.6 Respiratory Protection ..................................................................................... 54 5.7 Hearing Protection ........................................................................................... 54 6 Emergency Equipment and Procedures ....................................................................... 55 6.1 Safety Showers and Eye Wash Stations ............................................................ 55 6.2 Spill Clean-Up Procedures ................................................................................ 55 6.3 Fire Safety Procedures ..................................................................................... 57 6.3.1 General Guidelines for Buildings................................................................. 57 6.3.2 Extinguishing a Fire .................................................................................. 57 6.4 Medical Emergencies ....................................................................................... 58 6.4.1 Vancouver Campus ................................................................................... 58 6.4.2 Okanagan Campus .................................................................................... 59 7 Waste Disposal ......................................................................................................... 59 Risk Management Services page 3 of 95 Chemical Safety Manual - 2017 7.1 Chemical Waste – UBC Vancouver .................................................................... 59 7.1.1 Solvent Waste .......................................................................................... 60 7.1.2 Oil Waste ................................................................................................. 60 7.1.3 Non-regulated Contaminated Solid Waste ................................................... 60 7.2 Chemical Waste - UBC Okanagan ..................................................................... 60 8 Transportation and Receiving of Hazardous Materials on Campus ................................ 61 8.1 Transportation of Dangerous Goods ................................................................. 61 8.2 Receiving Dangerous Goods ............................................................................. 61 8.3 Dangerous Goods Hazard Categories ................................................................ 61 8.4 Shipping Description ........................................................................................ 63 8.5 Safety Symbols and Labels ............................................................................... 63 8.6 Documentation Required ................................................................................. 63 8.7 Dangerous Occurrences ................................................................................... 64 8.8 Packaging Damaged in Transport