Laboratory Safety and Health Consultations for Safety and Regulatory Compliance
EH&S is pleased to offer to campus laboratories: safety and health consultations for safety and regulatory compliance. EH&S will meet with you in your laboratory and help you to evaluate both the safety and regulatory compliance issues related to hazardous chemicals. The focus of this consultation is a review of the types of chemicals you use, your storage arrangements, and your use and disposal of these materials. A written report will be provided that can guide you to correct problems and meet your responsibility to protect co-workers and the environment. EH&S recommends laboratories schedule a Safety and Health Consultation at least on an annual basis.
You can request a "Safety and Health Consultation" by sending an email to Chemwaste@cornell.edu. Please include your name, phone number, and the name of your department or unit.
SELF INSPECTIONS
To encourage laboratories to conduct their own laboratory inspections identifying the same topics covered during a Safety and Health Consultation, EH&S is providing laboratories with the following self inspection checklist and explanation key:
EH&S recommends that laboratories perform regular self inspections on an ongoing basis. Laboratories should go through a formal self inspection (using the checklist above) ideally on a monthly basis, but at least once per semester. EH&S recommends laboratories schedule a Safety and Health Consultation at least on an annual basis.
To help facilitate laboratories performing self inspections, EH&S also offers the training class – Laboratories Inspections. To see when the next date this training class is being offered (or to schedule a training class for your department or unit), point to SafetyBase for more information. For more information on SafetyBase, check out the SafetyBase User’s Guides.