Guidelines for care & Use of Dry Solvent Stills [Example]

I. INTRODUCTION
A hardcopy of this Chemical Hygiene Plan and Safety Manual will be kept in the Chemistry
Department Stockroom, Room 110, near the MSDS sheet collection, for your reference. Individual lab
copies of the National Research Council’s Prudent Practices in the Laboratory, 2nd edition. Washington,
D.C.: National Academy Press, 1995, hereinafter referred to as Prudent Practices, 2nd edition, will be
kept in each research Lab as well as the stockroom. View the online Chemical Hygiene Plan and Safety
Manual from the University Web site at http://www.wfu.edu/chem/cheminventory/index.html ,
Throughout this manual, you will find specific references to suggested reading of certain sections
of Prudent Practices, 2nd edition (indicated in boldface type throughout).
You are REQUIRED to read OSHA’s “Laboratory Standard”, a copy of which is located in
Appendix A on pages 219-225 of that monograph (or at the internet site http://www.oshaslc.gov/OshStd_data/1910_1450.html).
This is a reprint of the most recent governmental regulation
governing all chemical laboratories under US jurisdiction. Upon graduation and exposure to any workplace
laboratory in the country you will soon discover that companies and institutions will appreciate spending
less time training new employees in their particular CHP as a direct result of your having read and
understood the present one.
This document was prepared in a Workbook format, with the help and assistance of students, staff,
and Faculty personnel within the Chemistry and Physics departments. All sections in black type in this
manual are meant to be read by all Lab workers in this building. All sections in red type are presented only
as an elaboration of the Laws presently governing Laboratory work involving the use of chemicals. They
need not be read by anyone other than WFU Safety staff members involved with interpreting OSHA Laws
and as guidelines for interested Faculty members and students. For example, it is not necessary to read the
chapter titled “Emergency Telephone numbers of Lab Supervisors and Lab Workers”. Likewise, the
chapter titled “Summary of Regulated Chemicals Covered by this SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)” is
meant only for WFU Safety Personnel and interested Faculty members wishing to review what the Law
stipulates in a particular situation
Also, it is not necessarily important to read all SOPs in the chapter titled “Laboratory Specific
SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)”. Please read only the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
which apply to your particular Research Laboratory.
The following Safety Record-keeping forms will be filled out and recorded by the Chemistry
Department’s Laboratory Manager, Chemistry Department Faculty members, Graduate Students, qualified
Undergraduate stockroom personnel, Physical Facilities personnel, or Mr. Scott Frazier [WFU Assistant
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Director] (phone #758-4329, or 758-4224) or Michelle Adkins,
CHMM, Wake Forest University Director of Environmental Health and Safety: adkinsmm@wfu.edu,
phone: 336-758-5385, cell: 336-480-8480, fax: 336-758-3088).
The particular Safety Record-Keeping Forms and their storage locations in the Chemistry
Department or elsewhere are listed below. Generally, the forms will be kept in the Chemistry Stockroom,
room #110, in the top two file drawers of the tan colored OSHA file storage cabinet, next to the side-room
#110D. If any particular form is kept elsewhere in the building or with the WFU Environmental Health and
Safety Department, its location will be listed below.
Spare Keys to the Chemistry Department‟s OSHA drawer are kept with the WFU Environmental
Health and Safety Department, c/o Mr. Scott Frazier or Ms. Michelle Adkins.
� Eyewash Fountain and Safety Shower Inspections, Physical Facilities, c/o Scott Frazier
� Fume Hood Air-Flow Inspections, Physical Facilities, c/o Scott Frazier
� Filled out Accident and Chemical Exposure Assessment Report forms, OSHA drawer, Chemistry
Department Stockroom # 110
� Sophomore Chemistry Lab 221L Safety Quizzes, OSHA drawer, Chemistry Department
Stockroom # 110
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