| 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 |