Office of Environmental Health and Safety

Laboratory Safety Handbook

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Table of Contents

Preface

I. Safety Program Objective and Responsibilities

II. Laboratory Use and Student Supervision

III. Emergency Planning and Procedures

IV. Safety Equipment

V. Chemical Safety

a. General Principals
b. Personal Protective Equipment
c. Chemical Storage
d. Flammables
e. Corrosives
f. Reactives
g. Compressed Gases
h. Cryogens
i. Acute Toxins
j. Select Carcinogens
k. Reproductive Toxins

l. Summary of Particularly Hazardous Substances

VI. Waste Disposal

a. Chemical
b. Biomedical

VII. Radiation Safety

a. Radiation Use Policy and Program
b. Lasers

VIII. Biological Hazards

a. Bloodborne Pathogen Control

IX. Controlled Substances

X. Machine Tools

Bibliography

Appendices:

V(j)-A  Select Carcinogens: (Links to the National Toxicology Program (NTP), and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

• National Toxicology Program Report on Carcinogens Homepage
• NTP 9th Report on Carcinogens (Substance Profiles)
  
  • Known Carcinogens
  • Reasonably Anticipated to be Carcinogenic
• IARC Group 1 Substances
• IARC Group 2A Substances
• IARC Group 2B Substances

V(j)-B Notification Form - Use of Particularly Hazardous Substances

V(j)-C Formaldehyde Fact Sheet

V(l) Summary of Particularly Hazardous Substances (By CAS #)

V(I) Summary of Particularly Hazardous Substances (Alphabetical)