University Individuals. /1ispired. ~ CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN Version 02.06.16 1 ALFRED UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I Scope, Application, and Compliance 1.1 SCOPE 1.2 APPLICATION 1.3 COMPLIANCE 1.3.1 REQUIREMENTS 1.3.2 AU COMPLIANCE POLICIES 1.3.2.1 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES 1.3.2.2 CONTROLS TO REDUCE EMPLOYEE EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS 1.3.2.3 EMPLOYEE INFORMATION AND TRAINING 1.3.2.3.1 OSHA Lab Standard Training 1.3.2.3.2 Site-Specific Training 1.3.2.3.3 Other Types of Training 1.3.2.4 OPERATIONS, PROCEDURES, ACTIVITIES REQUIRING PRIOR APPROVAL 1.3.2.5 PROVISIONS FOR MEDICAL CONSULTATION AND EXAMS 1.3.2.6 CHEMICAL HYGIENE RESPONSIBILITIES 1.3.2.6.1 President of Alfred University 1.3.2.6.2 Vice President for Business and Finance 1.3.2.6.3 Provost, Deans, Directors, and Chairpersons 1.3.2.6.4 Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) 1.3.2.6.5 Chemical Hygiene Committee 1.3.2.6.6 Laboratory Supervisors, Faculty and Principal Investigators 1.3.2.6.7 Laboratory Employees 1.3.2.7 PROCEDURES AND PRECAUTIONS FOR WORKING WITH PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES 1.3.2.8 EXPOSURE MONITORING 1.3.2.9 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO LABELS AND SAFETY DATA SHEETS 1.3.2.10 PROVISIONS THAT SHALL APPLY TO CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES DEVELOPED IN THE LABORATORY 1.3.2.11 RECORDKEEPING 1.3.2.12 EMERGENCY RESPONSE 1.3.2.13 WASTE MANAGEMENT PART II General Standard Operating Procedures 2.0 INTRODUCTION 2.1 SAFE WORK PRACTICES - EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES 2.2 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 2.2.1 EMERGENCY NUMBERS 2 2.2.2 EMERGENCY EXIT ROUTES 2.2.3 FIRE EMERGENCY 2.2.4 ACCIDENTS 2.2.5 CHEMICAL SPILLS 2.2.6 USING EMERGENCY EYEWASHES 2.2.7 USING EMERGENCY SHOWERS 2.2.8 EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN AND EVACUATION PROCEDURES 2.3 CONTROL MEASURES 2.3.1 ENGINEERING CONTROLS 2.3.2 EYEWASHES AND SAFETY SHOWERS 2.3.3 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 2.3.3.1 Prior Approval (Appendix A) 2.3.3.2 Working Alone 2.3.3.3 Unattended Operations (Appendix T) 2.3.3.4 Laboratory Housekeeping 2.3.3.5 Personal Dress, Hygiene and Lab Behavior, Eating, Drinking, Etc. 2.3.3.6 Access to Laboratories 2.3.3.7 Laboratory Security 2.3.3.8 Policy for Vacating Laboratories 2.3.3.9 Pets in Laboratories 2.3.3.10 Laboratories Used As Classrooms 2.3.3.11 Energy Conservation in Laboratories 2.3.4 USE OF PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) 2.3.4.1 Hazard Assessment and Equipment Selection (Appendix G) 2.3.4.2 Training and Testing Requirements for Personal Protective Equipment 2.3.4.3 Guidelines for Selection and Use of PPE 2.3.4.3.1 Eye and Face Protection 2.3.4.3.2 Hand Protection 2.3.4.3.3 Protective Clothing 2.3.4.3.4 Respiratory Protection 2.4 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO LABELS 2.4.1 AU’S STANDARD HAZARDOUS LABELING SYSTEM 2.4.2 LABELING PROCEDURES FOR PURCHASED CHEMICALS AND CHEMICALS SYNTHESIZED OR DEVELOPED IN THE LABORATORY WITH KNOWN COMPOSITION 2.4.3 LABELING PROCEDURES FOR CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES WITH UNKNOWN COMPOSITION 2.4.4 LABELING PEROXIDE FORMING CHEMICALS 2.4.5 METHODS FOR LABELING MULTIPLE SMALL CONTAINERS 2.4.6 LABELING CONSUMER PRODUCTS 2.4.7 LABELING STATIONARY CONTAINERS 2.4.8 LABELING PORTABLE CONTAINERS – BEAKERS, TUBES, ETC. 2.5 SAFETY DATA SHEETS 2.6 PROVISIONS THAT APPLY TO NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES DEVELOPED IN THE LABORATORY 2.7 STORAGE AND HANDLING OF CHEMICALS 3 2.7.1 CHEMICAL STORAGE - GENERAL PROCEDURES 2.7.2 CHEMICAL STORAGE AND HANDLING BASED ON PHYSICAL and HEALTH HAZARDS 2.7.2.1 FLAMMABLE/COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS 2.7.2.2 CORROSIVES 2.7.2.3 PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (PHS) 2.7.2.4 OXIDIZERS AND ORGANIC PEROXIDES 2.7.2.5 PEROXIDE FORMING COMPOUNDS 2.7.2.6 WATER REACTIVE MATERIALS 2.7.2.7 PYROPHORIC MATERIALS 2.7.2.8 LIGHT-SENSITIVE MATERIALS 2.7.2.9 UNSTABLE MATERIALS – SHOCK SENSITIVE, EXPLOSIVES 2.7.2.10 CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS 2.7.2.11 COMPRESSED GASES 3.0 TRANSPORTING CHEMICALS ON CAMPUS 4.0 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SHIPPING or TRANSPORT OFF CAMPUS 5.0 REFRIGERATORS AND HOT/COLD ROOMS 6.0 WASTE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL 7.0 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES Appendix A Contact Personnel for Prior Approval and Chemical Hygiene Committee Appendix B Identification of Statutory and Non-Statutory Buildings Containing Laboratories Appendix C Glove Selection Chart Appendix D Particularly Hazardous Substance Use Form Appendix E Employees Annual Site-Specific CHP Review Form Appendix F Site Specific Training Form and Sign-in Sheet Appendix G LSF/PI Site Specific Authorization Form for Laboratory Employees Appendix H Signs and Symptoms of Chemical Exposure Appendix I Hazard Assessment Form for Personal Protective Equipment Appendix J Peroxide Forming Chemicals Appendix K Segregation and Storage of Chemicals Appendix L Chemical Inventory Form Appendix M Incompatible Chemicals Appendix N Hydrofluoric Acid Appendix O Perchloric Acid Appendix P Chemical Fume Hoods and Other Local Ventilation Devices Appendix Q Particularly Hazardous Substances Appendix R Some Common Laboratory Oxidizers Appendix S Some Common Shock Sensitive and Explosive Chemicals Appendix T Unattended Operations Notification Appendix U Checklist for Vacating Laboratories Appendix V Prior Approval Form Appendix W Developing Site-Specific SOPs Appendix W-1 Site-specific Chemical SOP Format Appendix W-2 Site-specific Process/Experiment/Equipment SOP Format Appendix X References 4 Appendix Y Record of Changes Appendix Z Emergency Numbers 5 ALFRED UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN PART I Scope, Application and Compliance 1.1 SCOPE The OSHA Lab Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1450, “Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories” mandates a Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) be developed to protect employees engaged in the laboratory use of hazardous chemicals. OSHA describes “a CHP as a written program developed and implemented by the employer which sets forth procedures, equipment, personal protective equipment and work practices that are capable of protecting employees from health hazards presented by hazardous chemicals used in that particular workplace and assuring exposures to OSHA regulated substances do not exceed the permissible exposure limits specified in 29 CFR part 1910, subpart Z”. Alfred University (AU) has written this document, consisting of Part I Scope, Application and Compliance, Part II General Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Appendices, to serve as the AU institutional CHP. Applicable to all AU laboratories, it provides information, policies, practices, and procedures to ensure the safety of laboratory employees engaged in the laboratory use of hazardous chemicals. This AU institutional CHP must be supplemented with laboratory specific SOPs laboratory specific training to meet the requirements of the OSHA Lab Standard. This supplemented document then constitutes the CHP for a laboratory, department or division within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and the New York State College of Ceramics. All laboratory faculty and staff are responsible for complying with the standards put forth in this document with the common goal of promoting a healthy and safe working environment for both employees and students. Prior to the commencement of laboratory duties, all employees must read the CHP and follow all policies and procedures as specified. Employees sign the Employees Annual Site-Specific CHP Review Form, Appendix E. The form is inserted into the lab/division CHP; employees review CHP and sign form annually. Failure to review and sign the form does not absolve the employee from the legal responsibilities or requirements of the OSHA Lab Standard or Alfred University CHP. Students who get paid for working in a lab are AU employees and are, therefore, subject to the requirements of the OSHA Lab Standard and the CHP. Other employees (such as office, custodial, maintenance and repair personnel) who regularly spend a significant amount of their time within a laboratory environment as part of their duties also may fall under the requirements of the OSHA Lab Standard. The CHP must be readily available to employees, employee representatives and, upon request, to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Division of Labor, or their designee. The institutional CHP is located online at the EH&S Website. Hardcopies of the CHP containing lab specific SOPs must be located within each Division/Department or laboratory. Electronic versions of lab specific SOPs are preferred to allow for laboratory specific SOPs to be posted on the EH&S webpage. A list of EH&S acronyms used in this document is also available on the EH&S Website. The CHP contains external document links and internal document links and bookmarks. External links connect to resources or information outside the CHP document through your default web browser. Internal links and bookmarks connect to sections within the CHP document. Move around the document by utilizing and customizing the Navigation Panels and Toolbar selections 6 available in the View option of the Adobe Acrobat Reader menu bar. If you discover a broken web link, please email EH&S; indicate the section, page number and the name of the link. Contact EH&S with questions or suggestions to improve this document. EH&S is responsible for maintaining the AU institutional CHP. The EH&S Coordinator is the Chemical Hygiene Officer (CHO) and has the overall responsibility for implementation and interpretation of the CHP. The CHP is considered a living document; the Chemical Hygiene Committee (CHC) shall annually review and evaluate the effectiveness of the CHP and update it as necessary. Laboratory Supervisors, Faculty and Principle Investigators (LSF/PI) will develop laboratory specific SOPs for the lab/department CHP; update as required.