OEH&S Chemical Safety Manual Table of Contents

SECTION	DESCRIPTION	PAGE
i	Preface	i
ii	Introduction	ii
CHAPTER 1	OVERVIEW OF REGULATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES	1
A	Responsibilities: The Role of Involved Persons	1
B	The Role of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety (OEH&S)	3
C	The Function of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety (OEH&S)	4
D	Agencies, Laws, and Regulations Pertaining to Chemical Safety at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)	5
CHAPTER 2	CHEMICAL PROCUREMENT, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE	8
A	Purchasing Chemicals	8
B	Transporting Chemicals	9
C	Storing Chemicals	10
D	Storage of Specific Classes of Chemicals	16
CHAPTER 3	OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE MONITORING	22
A	Monitoring Requirements	22
B	Employee Opportunity for Medical Opinion	22
C	Registered Carcinogen Monitoring	22
CHAPTER 4	GENERAL SAFETY AND INSPECTION PROGRAM	23
A	Prudent Practices for Handling Chemicals	23
B	Inspections	27
CHAPTER 5	ADMINISTRATIVE AND ENGINEERING CONTROLS AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT	28
A	Administrative Controls	28
B	Engineering Controls	28
C	General Facility Design	31
CHAPTER 6	TRAINING	36
A	Requirements	36
B	Topics	36
CHAPTER 7	SIGNS AND LABELS	38
A	Labeling and Marking System	38
B	Labeling of Chemicals	39
C	Signage and Posting	39
D	Other Posting Requirements	40
CHAPTER 8	EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO A CHEMICAL SPILL	41
A	Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Program	41
B	Reporting Procedure	41
C	Minor Hazardous Material Spill	42
D	Procedure to Clean Up a Minor Spill	42
E	Spill Response Facilities	43
F	Spill Cabinets	43
G	Spill Closets	44
H	Spill Centers	44
I	Spill Buckets	45
CHAPTER 9	UCSF GUIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WASTE	46
A	Guidelines for the Preparation of Waste at UCSF	46
B	Special Consideration and/or Handling	46
C	Segregation	49
D	Identification	49
E	Packaging	50
F	Waste Removal	51
CHAPTER 10	CHEMICAL INVENTORIES	52
	INTRODUCTION TO APPENDICES	53
APPENDIX A	CHEMICAL WASTE FORMS AND APPLICATIONS	54
A1	Chemical Waste Pickup Schedule	54
A2	OEH&S Hazardous (Chemical) Waste Removal Form And Instructions	55
A3	Concentrated Chemotherapy Waste Pick-up Form (Parnassus and Mt. Zion Campus)	57
A4	Procedures for Using the Hazardous Waste (Chemical Waste) Tags And Instructions	58
A5*	UCSF Environmental Health and Safety Project Request/Approval Form - *.pdf file	59
A6	Unknown Chemical Determination	60
A7	Forbidden Chemicals for Off-Site Transportation	61
A8	Poison Inhalation Hazard Chemicals	62
A9	Mercury Materials and Mercury Compounds	63
APPENDIX B	CHEMICAL SAFETY UPDATES	64
APPENDIX C	MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS	65
C1	Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)	65
C2	Guidelines for Reading and Understanding a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)	66
C3	Sample Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS): Sodium Hypochlorite MSDS	67
APPENDIX D	UCSF REGISTERED CARCINOGEN PROGRAM; COMPREHENSIVE LABORATORY AUDITS FOR SAFETY (CLAS) PROGRAM	75
D1	Description of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Registered Carcinogen Program	75
D2	Routine Laboratory Chemical Safety Inspection Checklist	76
D3	Standard Violation Statements for Chemical Safety Audits	79
D4	Description of CLAS Chemical Safety Checklist	83
APPENDIX E	SIGNS AND LABELS	83
E1	UCSF Universal Hazard Sign	83
E2	National Fire Protection Association Placard	84
E3	Department of Transportation Safety Placards	85
E4	Refrigerator Usage Labels	86
E5	Label for Refrigerators and Freezers Which are Not “Explosion-Safe”	87
E6	Tags and Labels Used by OEH&S for Certification of Deluge Showers, Eyewash Fountains and Fume Hoods	88
APPENDIX F	SAFE HANDLING GUIDES	89
F1	Safe Handling Guide for Corrosive Chemicals	89
F2	Safe Handling Guide for Perchloric Acid and Perchlorates	91
APPENDIX G	GLOSSARY OF TERMS	95