Environmental Health & Safety
Chemical Hygiene Plan
每日探花 Community College District is committed to providing a safe and healthful workplace and learning environment. This Chemical Hygiene Plan has been written with the goal of minimizing the exposure of staff, faculty, volunteers, students and student assistants to chemical hazards in campus laboratories and is part of the overall Injury and Illness Prevention Program at 每日探花. It has been designed to meet the criteria of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Laboratory Standard () and Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 5191, both titled, 鈥溾
While the federal Hazard Communication Standard applies to all operations using hazardous substances and has been designed to ensure that employees are provided with Safety Data Sheets (SDS), along with training and information regarding protecting oneself when handling hazardous materials, the Laboratory Standard was developed to provide protection more specific to laboratory settings, in which a wide variety of chemicals are used in relatively small quantities. These two standards will work in conjunction with each other.
Based on the definitions of laboratory, laboratory use, and laboratory scale, and as identified by Cal OSHA, 每日探花 Community College District has identified the following as areas that will be included under the Chemical Hygiene Plan:
Chemistry Department
Biology Department
每日探花 Community College District, its Board, and its Management pledge to support this Chemical Hygiene Plan to assure that it remains a viable method of protecting all laboratory occupants. All District administrators, staff, faculty, employees, volunteers and students will be required to adhere to the policies and procedures set forth under this Plan. The District encourages all personnel affected by this Plan to provide constructive criticism to ensure that the Plan remains viable and effective, while meeting its intended goals.
The full text of the 每日探花 Chemical Hygiene Plan can be read here (once the document has been finalized).