Your Physics and Astronomy Chemical Safety Officers:
NOTES:
Storage, categories, and policies (UNM EHS) for all chemicals
HAZMAT (Hazardous Materials) information (Shipping and Receiving of):
Detailed information sheets (links):
What
are, and what to do with Chemical WASTES or items to be disposed of.
What
should I know about containers?
Who
is responsible?
Where do
I get labels, containers, and information or answers to questions?
Training
requirements and suggestions
What to do
if a chemical spill occurs
What about PPE
(Personal Protective Equipment)?
What if
I suffer physical contact with a chemical?
Where,
when can I or can I not, eat, drink, or smoke, near or around chemicals,
or in laboratories?
Refrigerators,
Freezers, Microwave Ovens, your chemicals and your foods
Use and
storage of FLAMMABLE chemicals
Use
and storage of ACIDS and OXIDIZERS
Chemical labeling:
Most chemicals utilized at the University will be in the original container
with the manufacturer’s label intact. However,
when a chemical is transferred from one container to another, a special,
color coded label, available in most labs or from the Facilities Manager in Room 1211 must be affixed to the secondary container. The chemical name, manufacturer
and date must be listed on the label, as well as the type, and degree,
of hazard (number inside of check boxes).
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
All laboratories, storage rooms, or offices which
have ANY chemicals used or stored in them are subject to the EHS rules
and regulations concerning chemicals. If an item is produced with an MSDS
sheet by its manufacturer, then it falls under these guidelines, should
have an MSDS sheet listed in our records, and EHS is to be notified of
its existence in our building(s), and it is to be published on a list of
chemicals (Chemical Inventory) on the inside of the door to the room it
is being used or stored in. The Chemical Safety Officer shall be notified
of any new chemicals introduced to any rooms under his/her jurisdiction,
and of any removed from rooms, and where, and how, they were disposed of.
There are also specified EHS forms for the disposal of any and all waste
chemicals which can be acquired from the Safety Officer(s).