Does your facility struggle with how to keep food and drink out of laboratory areas? Consuming food and drinks in laboratories and storing food in laboratory equipment increase the chance of contamination and accidental ingestion of hazardous materials.
Facilities issued an MWRA Group Permit for Photo Processing and Printing Operations are required to submit their annual compliance report by March 31, 2014. Are you working on yours yet?
Low Level Radioactive Waste Surveys. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Radiation Control Program tracks the generation and disposal of low level radioactive waste produced in Massachusetts every year.
Are your generators of hazardous waste trained sufficiently? Have your certified hazmat employees been trained on RCRA regulations? The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was enacted to protect human health and the environment from the hazards of hazardous waste generation and disposal.
Many people assume that biosafety levels and biological risk groups are synonymous, when in fact there are many factors to consider when designating a biosafety level for a biological agent. There are four risk group classifications established in the NIH Guidelines and The World Health Organization’s Laboratory Biosafety Manual.
When was the last time a chemical inventory was conducted in your lab? Do you know what hazardous chemicals are present in your workplace and are you maintaining SDSs for all of them?
Biological materials imported into the US or exported out of the US may be subject to permitting requirements through various agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and US Fish and Wildlife (FWS).
The Department of Transportation (DOT) regulates the transport of hazardous material via highway, air, railroad, and vessel. A hazmat employee, as defined in 49 CFR 171.8, is an employee that directly affects hazardous materials transportation safety.
We are extremely excited to announce the debut of our new Web-based Training (WBT) platform, LearningZen! The transition to a newer, user-friendly platform will make your online training even more seamless and enjoyable.
January 1, 2014 was the deadline to file permit applications required by the Hazardous Material Process or Processing Regulation, 527 CMR 33.00. In order to determine if your facility is required to file a Category 2 or above permit application with the local fire department, assessments of the hazardous processes occurring at your facility should have been conducted and documented.
Make sure that your facility is in compliance with OSHA recordkeeping rules. Are your incidents and accidents recorded? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s recordkeeping rules (Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illness, 29 CFR 1904) require employers to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries, and illnesses.
Is the following true? The risk of a safety incident occurring, Rs, is inversely proportional to the proximity to physical safety, Pps, multiplied by the proximity to cognitive safety, Pcs.
