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II. ENSURING LABORATORY SAFETY

A. Unit Safety Coordinator

Each faculty chair/unit head is obligated to ensure a safe working and learning environment. Essential to an effective safety program is the Unit Safety Coordinator (USC). Each faculty chair/unit head must assign a person or team that has an understanding of the relevant activities and safety issues of the unit to perform the following functions:

  1. work with administrators, Public Safety, and unit employees to develop and implement appropriate laboratory safety and hygiene policies and practices specific to their area;
  2. assist with monitoring the procurement, use, and disposal of the unit's chemicals;
  3. assure that the appropriate audits, inventories and inspections are performed;
  4. assist Laboratory Directors in developing precautions to ensure adequate facilities;
  5. maintain and disseminate current legal requirements for all regulated substances in their unit.

B. Laboratory Director

The Laboratory Director (LD) shall be defined as:

  1. the person in charge of an exclusive use laboratory or;
  2. the person in charge of the instruction or project in a multiple use laboratory.

The LD shall ensure that:

  1. appropriate safety and emergency procedures have been developed and are followed;
  2. adequate emergency equipment is available and in working condition;
  3. all personnel receive training in use of emergency equipment;
  4. information on any special or unusual hazards in non-routine procedures is provided for any personnel;
  5. the appropriate safety orientation has been given to all project participants.

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