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Department - Unit Safety Coordinator’s (Fall) Seminar

Learn about the comprehensive emergency plans, building closure protocols, and safety measures implemented at OSU to ensure life safety, infrastructure protection, and program continuity.

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Department - Unit Safety Coordinator’s (Fall) Seminar

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  1. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator’s (Fall) Seminar Oregon State University Environmental Health and Safety Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  2. Director’s MinuteSteve LeBoeuf

  3. Campus Emergency Preparedness: Building Closure Steve LeBoeuf Environmental Health and Safety Oregon State University

  4. Revised Campus Emergency Plans (2008) • Senior management direction • A “Steering Committee” provides ongoing planning oversight • Enterprise-wide preparedness expected as part of normal program & business planning • Emergency Operations Center (EOC) • A central EOC was developed at Cascade Hall, with a disaster management team from University senior leadership who uses the National Incident Management System (NIMS) when responding to emergencies

  5. Revised Campus Emergency Plans (2008) Continued • Begin to Create “Satellite Operations Centers (SOC)” and “Department Operations Centers (DOC)” • Schools & departments have specific responsibilities before, during, and after an emergency incident i.e. evacuation of persons with disabilities • Ongoing training & annual exercises keep us ready • Practice critical EOC/SOC/DOC roles & interdependencies • Developed “generic” plans that apply to any emergency • Level 1(minor incident), 2(major emergency), 3(disaster)

  6. 23 SOCs 6 Operational Service/Technical Departments 17 Academic/Administrative Headquarters

  7. 3 “Emergency Levels” • Minor Incident(resolved with internal resources, no program disruption) • Major Emergency (Impacts sizable area, life safety or critical functions) • EOC Operational Directors • “Mini EOC”=Situation Triage and Assessment Team (STAT) • Affected SOCs and Departments • Possible involvement of local or county agencies • Disaster(involves entire campus and community) • University EOC, all SOC’s, all DOC’s • Coordination with local, county, state, federal agencies

  8. Emergency Plan Fundamentals • Emergency preparedness is an integral part of business and operational planning throughoutall University units • All OSU emergency plans should address issues of “preparedness, response & recovery” • Plans are generic or “all hazard” • Response is calibrated to 3 “emergency levels” • Emergency Plan Goals: • Protect life safety • Secure critical infrastructure and facilities • Resume teaching and research programs

  9. OSU Building Emergency Systems -- Building Closure Sequence • Criteria for building closure based on: • Life safety concerns • Chemical use/Laboratories • Building emergency systems • Size of building/presence of natural light to the interior space

  10. Building closure sequence • Fume hoods/chemical storage. • Expect closure T-30 minutes. • Emergency lighting & fire alarms connected to backup generator. • Building closure not expected. • Emergency lighting & fire alarms connected to battery backup. • Expect closure T-90 minutes OR Start fire- watch.

  11. Building closure sequence • No emergency lighting or fire alarms (and building has areas without natural light). • Expect closure as soon as possible. • Student housing and dining facilities w/o generator backup • Fire-watch allowed • No building closure expected

  12. Weniger Building Closure Example 6th floor transformer went down Sunday evening (August 31st), with loss of power to the north half of the building. Building closed for life safety concerns. SOC set up at entrance. Limited access granted to department personnel (30 minutes with escort) for necessary work; Animal care groups granted access with communications. Power restored Wednesday evening (September 3rd).

  13. Weniger Building Closure and SOC response trailer…

  14. Weniger Building Closure and SOC at main entrance…

  15. Not a question of If, but When… How you can help during the next Power Outage… In Laboratories: Stop work and close, cover or otherwise contain and secure the materials you are using. Stop work in fumehoods or biosafety cabinets as soon as possible and close the sash, even if the hood appears to be working. Make sure cabinet doors and flammable storage cabinets are secure. Avoid opening refrigerators or freezers. The internal temperature will be maintained longer if the doors are kept closed.

  16. Not a question of If, but When… How you can help during the next Power Outage… In Animal Facilities: Animal care staff working in windowless areas should have access to flashlights at all times. Surgical facilities should have enough battery powered lights to be able to finish up a surgery without power. If you have animals housed in ventilated racks, you should know what will happen to the animals if there is no power and be prepared to deal with the situation.

  17. Not a question of If, but When… How you can help during the next Power Outage… For all Departments: Make sure flashlights or battery-operated light sources are readily available and that all employees know where they are located. Departments may consider installing battery-operated emergency lighting in interior offices and labs. Shut off computer equipment, printers, copy machines and other electronic equipment. There may be power surge when the power is restored that could damage electrical equipment left in the “on” position. During outside temperature extremes, keep windows closed to maintain indoor temperatures.  If the outside temperatures are mild, open outside windows/doors.

  18. What to Expect During a Fire Inspection Andy Gray Fire and Life Safety Program Environmental Health & Safety Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  19. Inspection Process • Contract with Corvallis Fire Department • Cost; Scope of duties • Building inspection frequency • Inspection notification process • Method of inspection • Inspection report (Initial and Reinspection)

  20. Common Violations • Hallway storage • Shelf restraints • Recycling bags • Repeat violations • Unlabeled containers • Non-fuse protected power strips

  21. Fire Extinguishers • Approximately 4,500 on main campus • Located every 50 feet • Stationed in common-use areas • Required Inspections • Monthly; Annual; Every 6 years

  22. Other Resources • Problems with your building’s fire extinguishers? • Fire Drills • Fire Escapes – assessment project

  23. Questions?

  24. Give me a break!

  25. Biohazard Waste Management An overview infectious waste rules and effective management practices Matt Philpott, Biological Safety Officer Environmental Health and Safety Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  26. Purpose: Biohazard Waste Management • Prevention of laboratory-associated infections or illness (LAI): “all infections acquired through laboratory or laboratory-related activities regardless of whether they are symptomatic or asymptomatic…” • Exact number of LAI are unknown, but a number of deaths have been recorded. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  27. Biohazard Wastes and LAI • Epidemiology: • No evidence that treated (i.e., autoclaved) medical wastes have caused disease. • untreated wastes have caused disease • Numerous incidents of infectious disease have been linked to contaminated sharps; after use and before discard or improper discard. • Public concerns during the early years of the HIV epidemic were largely responsible for the existing regulations for medical waste management. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  28. Waste Management and Risk • Effective waste management is based on a risk assessment – an educated estimate of the risk based on agent characteristics, level of resistance and training of the persons involved, and the nature of the activities. • The risk assessment is aided by characterization of agents into risk groups. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  29. Risk Groups (RG)

  30. Biosafety Levels • Based on the risk assessment, the activities are assigned to a biosafety level. • Biosafety levels are a combination of facilities, safety equipment, and work practices (including waste management). Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  31. Biosafety Levels (BSL)

  32. Labs at OSU

  33. Precautions to Take

  34. Infectious Waste Regulations • Infectious waste is regulated mainly at the state level, but also at the federal and community (in some locations). • Federal Acts and Regulations: • OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard • Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act • Select Agent Regulations (Bioterrorism Act, PATRIOT Act) • U.S. DOT Hazardous Waste Transportation Regulations Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  35. OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard / Needlestick Prevention Act Requirements • Applies to contact with human source materials (blood, body fluids, tissues, cell lines) • Solid wastes must be collected: • into hard sided, leak-proof containers with biohazard symbol; red or orange. • sharps discarded into leak-proof sharps containers, with biohazard symbol; red or orange. • safety-engineered sharps must be used. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  36. Select Agent Regulations • All wastes must be secured in such a way that there is no access by persons who have not passed a Security Risk Assessment. • All wastes are treated by a process that fully sterilizes before discard to the normal waste stream. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  37. Oregon Regulations • ORS 459.386 - 459.405 • Statute that addresses disposal of infectious wastes. • OAR 333-056-0010 through 333-056-0050 • Oregon Health Services infectious waste regulations (disposal, storage) • OAR 340-093-0190 • Oregon DEQ infectious waste regulations • OAR 740-110-0030 Oregon DOT rules for transportation of infectious wastes Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  38. Regulated Wastes in Oregon: • “Biological Wastes” • blood and blood products, excretions, exudates, secretions, suctionings and other body fluids • “Cultures and stocks” • pathogens and associated biologicals including specimen cultures; dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures; wastes from production of biologicals; serums and discarded live and attenuated vaccines. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  39. Regulated Wastes in Oregon: • “Pathological waste” • biopsy material and all human tissues, anatomical parts • animal carcasses exposed to pathogens in research and the bedding and other wastes form such animals • “Sharps” • needles, IV tubing with needles attached, scalpel blades, lancets, glass tubes, syringes Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  40. Effective Waste Management • Segregation • potentially infectious regulated wastes must be separated from other wastes at the point of generation (in the lab, animal room, clinic) • Containment • regulated wastes must be collected into leak-proof containers fitted with covers • Hazard Identification • infectious waste containers must be identified with the biohazard warning symbol in red or orange Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  41. Examples of poor segregation and containment of wastes. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  42. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  43. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  44. Proper segregation and containment of infectious wastes. Note hazard identification Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  45. Percutaneous Transmission Most percutaneous transmission of disease in a research setting involve the use of sharps. For this reason, sharps waste management is subject to regulation at both the state and federal levels. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  46. Sharps must be discarded immediately after use, without recapping, into hard-sided, leak-proof containers with hazard warning labels. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  47. Safety Engineered Sharps Substitute safety engineered sharps for traditional sharps. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  48. These pictures illustrate what can happen with accidental needlesticks – these are inoculation with vaccinia virus. Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

  49. Treatment of Medical Wastes • Medical wastes must be treated with methods that effectively sterilize. • In Oregon, treatments must be approved by the state: • steam sterilization (autoclaving) • incineration (required for pathological wastes) • small number of scientifically validated commercial processes (see DHS web site) Department - Unit Safety Coordinator (DUSC) Seminar - 9/10/08

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