Lindley, Ritchie, 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

• Lab Safety Manual
  • Faculty members and Lab Managers - it is your responsibility to make sure your students and others in your lab(s) understand the lab safety protocols.
  • Report any person who is not abiding by the safety rules to Isabelle so she can remove their access to the labs.
• Hazardous Materials/Waste Management Manual
• EHS Policies

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

• MACH
• Geology Labs

Lab Safety Committee Members

Isabelle Busenitz - Facility Manager

Scott Ramskill - Chemical and Petroleum Engineering/TORP

David Mechem - Geography & Atmospheric Science

TBD - Environmental Studies

Noah McLean - Geology

Marina Suarez - Geology