Ritchie and Slawson Halls Lab Policy


Guidelines

  • Follow the lab safety manual procedures highlighted on the EHS Webpage.  
    • NO OPEN TOE SHOES!
    • DO NOT WEAR LAB COATS OR GLOVES OUTSIDE THE LAB!
  • Labs are PRIVATE and all users must have permission to be in a lab
  • Doors must NEVER be propped open or left unsecured
  • NEVER walk through a lab without a purpose (no passing through)
  • For tours, you MUST have prior approval from the lab manager or PI before accessing the lab.
  • Consequences for not abiding by safe lab practices will be removal of access and/or being banned from the labs
  • Because there are multiple labs in one area, each floor should have a list of hazards in a centralized location (i.e. the cloud) so all users know what is around them.  Talk to your advisor/lab manager on where this document is located.
  • The custodians DO NOT clean lab spaces.  It is up to the lab users to take their trash to the dumpster outside of Slawson and to keep their space cleaned/sanitized.

Important Documents Regarding Labs

Access to Labs

  • Make sure your faculty advisor or the lab manager has confirmed your lab safety training
  • The faculty member and/or lab manager will email Isabelle stating it's ok for so-in-so to have access
    • This policy applies to everyone on campus to include faculty and staff.  Just because someone is a faculty member in chemistry or another dept. does not mean, he/she/they will have access to the EEEC labs.  Prior approval from the lab owner is a must!

Information on the Labs within the EEEC

Lab Safety Committee Members

Isabelle Busenitz - Facility Manager

David Fowle- Geology

Noah McLean - Geology

Marina Suarez - Geology