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Arizona State University Tri-University Lab Safety Committee

Arizona State University Tri-University Lab Safety Committee. Incident Reporting. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE Committee ON CHEMICAL SAFETY :. Email: Safety@acs.org Website: www.acs.org/safety. Learning from Incidents. Recommendations

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Arizona State University Tri-University Lab Safety Committee

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  1. Arizona State UniversityTri-University Lab Safety Committee Incident Reporting

  2. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE Committee ON CHEMICAL SAFETY : Email: Safety@acs.org Website: www.acs.org/safety

  3. Learning from Incidents • Recommendations • Establish and maintain an Incident Reporting System, an Incident Investigation System, and an Incident Database that should include, not only employees, but students also – graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and other nonemployees • Establish an internal review process of incidents and corrective actions with Departmental Safety Committee (faculty, staff, students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars), and provide periodic safety seminars on lessons learned from incidents • Publish or share the stories of incidents and the lessons learned (case studies) to your institution’s website, a public website or an appropriate journal where students and colleagues from other institutions may also use these as case studies for learning more about safety

  4. Why develop this Incident Reporting system? • Best Practice demonstrated in industry • Influential and respected organizations in lab safety recommend it. • U.S. Chemical Safety Board • American Chemical Society • Heightens safety awareness and provides opportunity to prevent similar incidents at other institutions.

  5. CSHEMA Safety Climate Survey • Participating institutions can better understand and measure the extent that safety has been integrated. • Results used to compare between different institutions and to evaluate how your campus has changed longitudinally over time. • The survey will be customized to your campus to allow employees to share concerns and comments. Tips for doing randomly valid surveys are provided. • This survey will be available annually for a cost of $99.

  6. INCIDENTS AT ASU

  7. Descriptions • HCL monitor malfunction from excessive rain led to building shutdown. • In June, 2014, operations were interrupted and a laboratory cleared due to a leak in a compressed gas system utilizing carbon monoxide. The situation was resolved by Chemistry and Biochemistry staff and Tempe Fire was not contacted. Significant changes were made the equipment to prevent future release and to monitor potential leaks. • The second involved a small fire in a hood in April 2014, started due to a procedural error while handling mineral oil near a hot plate. The fire was extinguished by laboratory personnel and a building alarm was not activated. • The third incident involved the malfunction of a microwave heating system in July, 2014. Laboratory personnel were able to contain acid fumes in the system, but received minor injuries. A similar situation in 2012, resulted in a response by the Tempe Fire Department and closure of the building.

  8. Other Issues • Sodium Azide Safety Alert • Privacy Issues with Emergency Showers • Frequency of EW/SS Testing

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