Prudent practices in the laboratorythe book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practicenow features updates and new topics. Configuration management is an information technology infrastructure library itil it service. This procedure supports the university occupational health and safety policy. This procedure provides the minimum standards that district council of mount remarkable will maintain its. Jenny lilliehook, environmental coordinator approved by. Management of change moc is a best practice used to ensure that safety, health, and environmental risks and hazards are properly controlled when an organization makes changes to their facilities, operations, or personnel. This procedure applies to all lsu health sciences center personnel that generate, accumulate, store, or handle chemicals. The lab manager is responsible for monitoring chemical storage and use in the csc, and will require regular assistance from faculty members carrying out research and course work activities. Defining your footprint is an important prerequisite, but is only there to enable you to protect and improve your business situation. It does not apply to biological, ionising radiation sources class 7. Chemical management is a systematic approach to procuring, storing, using and disposing of chemicals within a facility.
Properly planned experiments will seek to minimize the quantities of chemicals being used, avoid the hazardous ones if possible, minimize the amount of wastes generated and minimize risks in procedures. This standard operation procedure states how properly handle chemicals in the ciba clean roomchemistry labesp nano fab lab. Whs risk assessments whs risk assessments should be conducted to assess the hazards and risks which are associated with hazardous chemical, including australian dangerous goods. Ensure chemical use is identified and recorded as a hazard in the business unit. Implement this procedure in areas under their control including activities conducted on sites other than university property. This is part of the actual process flow of making the ground beef. Organisations also have a legal obligation to ensure that worker exposure to. For a comprehensive management system, a chemical policy is essential before getting started. Key elements of a national programme for chemicals management. Provide technical assistance with the safe handling and storage of chemicals. This procedure describes how the australian national university the university manages chemical hazards, including chemical waste to ensure safety and compliance with the requirements of the work health and safety act 2011 cth and the work health and safety regulations 2011 cth. Responsible for ensuring that all purchase requests for chemicals, including those listed in marketplace receive approval from special approvers before orders are placed with suppliers.
Define the scope define which site and production procedure should be included. The purpose of this procedure is to ensure a safer approach to the selection and application of custodial, grounds and pest control operations within the county of albemarle, as the county aims to minimize chemical usage to the greatest extent practicable in its day. Jun 27, 2014 additional costs include compliance, inventory management, safety, facilities, and disposal. All users are expected to read the msds of every chemical that they use in the lab. Bam risk management procedure bellatrix asset management. Chemical storage and management environmental, health. Additional costs include compliance, inventory management, safety, facilities, and disposal. In fact, several process industry incident investigations have identified a weakness in the moc process as the root cause, including two case histories published in a 2001 safety bulletin issued by the united states chemical safety and hazard investigation board csb. It is intended to be used by the companys top management and for customer as and when agreed. This revised edition has an expanded chapter on chemical management and delves into new areas, such as nanotechnology, laboratory security, and emergency planning. This procedure is not intended for materials that will already pass through a 20mesh sieve.
Procedures for proper labeling, storage, and management of chemicals proper chemical labeling and storage is essential for a safe laboratory work environment. The coweeta chemistry laboratory has evolved since the early 1970s into a first class analytical facility designed to support a wide. The risk management program will include an analysis of the potential offsite consequences of an accidental release, a fiveyear accident history, a release prevention program, and an emergency response program. Nreltp51042620 compositional analysis revised august. Global standards management process gsmp manual gs1. Any noncompliance with this standard shall be notified, investigated and reported using the deviation procedure described in chapter 10 of the. Chemical storage and management environmental, health and. All aspects of hazardous chemical use are governed by a comprehensive set of legislation to. The purpose of this procedure is to ensure the management. Once a quarter, the risk manager provides the companys managing bodies board of directors and management committee with a summary of the activity during. Guidelines for management of manufacturing process. Key elements of a national programme for chemicals. Document waste management procedure the university of. Inappropriate storage of incompatible or unknown chemicals can lead to spontaneous fire and explosions with the associated release of toxic gases.
August 1998 this document has been prepared, under the framework of the iomc, as part of a series o f complementary documents designed to help strengthen national capacities and capabilities for chemicals management. This procedure is not intended for materials that cannot be dried by the described methods to a total solids content. Guidelines for management of manufacturing process chemicals. The materials safety data sheet msds is a convenient, condensed source for information on the properties of any chemical. The new york state school chemical management guidance manual pdf, 909 kb was written in conjunction with the new york state department of education. Knowing your toxic hot spots gives you the base for a better position with opportunities and controlled business risks. It is the responsibility of the principal investigator or supervisor to identify hazards within the workplace and to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to health associated with working with these hazards. Under the whs regulations, a hazardous chemical is any substance, mixture or article that satisfies the criteria of one or more globally harmonised system of classification and labelling of chemicals ghs hazard classes, including a classification in schedule 6 of the whs regulations. Overview of measurement uncertainty estimation approaches 9. In most cases, this should take the form of a word or pdf document with. Guidelines for chemical management griffith university. By implementing a chemical management system, cms, the university of auckland can ensure the health and safety of staff and students, prevent accidents, minimise chemical purchases and holdings and minimise chemical waste.
Corrosive chemicals procedures for safe handling and. Iso 14000 series environmental management, and the british standards institute ohsas 18001 and the american national standards institute ansi standard z10 both on occupational safety and health management. Graduate students can attend the course as an option during their induction week. Whs document management procedure district council of mount. Corrosive chemicals procedures for safe handling and storage corrosives liquids, solids, and gases are chemicals that cause visible destruction or irreversible alterations to living tissue by chemical action at the site of contact. This procedure applies to the purchase, use, storage and disposal of chemicals universitywide. The true cost of a chemical as it completes its lifecycle is much more than the purchase price alone. Chemwatch provides a fit for purpose chemical monitoring system to help mitigate and control chemical risks from at the university and provides immediate access to chemical information on safety data sheetssds. Projection equipment, screen, powerpoint presentation. The directorhodpi has overall responsibility for ensuring a chemical process is. A guide to prudent chemical management and be included with the other materials in the 2010 toolkit. Strenggg g ythening chemical management in malaysia 3. For example, the formulation of ground beef requires that raw materials be analyzed for chemical composition %fatlean.
Chemicals and other hazardous materials, management. This procedure applies directly to policy 6701, records management. Risk management program guidance for chemical distributors. If monitoring detects that a process is operating outside of the specifications of the critical or operational limits there is a need to act to.
Supporting procedures and written control documents. A significant change is defined as a 10% or greater increase or decrease in the amount of one or more chemicals used, a substitution or deletion of any of the chemicals in a procedure, or a change in the. Chemwatch is an chemical inventory control system which provides a safe and reliable way of managing chemicals. This manual represents the combined efforts of many persons, past and present. Management of arthropods through nonchemical sanitation and chemical practices. Additional resources for school chemical management. The purpose of this procedure is to outline the universitys processes for managing risks associated with the purchase, transport, storage, and use of chemicals including dangerous goods, hazardous substances, drugs, poisons and controlled substances. Nchem sets up a framework for environmentally sustainable chemical management. The changes to a process requiring an moc include any change in the process chemicals, technology, equipment, procedures, as well as any other modification affecting a covered process. Environmentallyhazardous substances notification and registration ehsnr scheme 1.
An effective management of change moc process simply prevents accidents. Introduction to chemical engineering processesprint version. The chemical products included in this list are highlighted in red on the chemical list for each research group. A quality management qm plan is a document or set of documents that describe the standards, quality practices, resources, and processes pertinent to an. The best management of chemicals begins before they arrive at the site. This forms the tier one of the documented quality system covering the requirement of the iso 90012000 standard. Dows quality management system conforms, at minimum, to specified requirements of international standards, like iso 9001. This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. This document will provide an overview of both risk assessment and risk management approaches.
Registration is completed through ehs safety management system. If your organisation is looking for certification to asnzs 4801. Refer to chemical storage and handling recommendations pdf, 25 kb which helps inform schools of proper storage conditions. Chemical safety procedure department of engineering health. Policies, procedures and other written control documents. Guidelines for developing good manufacturing practices. The ohs management system documents developed by safety for life are high level management procedures. This requirement is relevant to all departments, colleges, laboratories, centers, and institutes where work is performed using hazardous materials or where. Chemical safety training anyone handling hazardous chemicals within the department must attend the university chemical safety course or have documented prior experiencetraining. This procedure covers chemicals only, such as hazardous substances, dangerous goods, scheduled poisons or controlled substances. For the latest version of this document please go to. Best practices in chemical management for textile manufacturing.
Chemical safety procedure department of engineering. Hazardous materials, chemical, and radiation exposure decontamination protocol until the hazardous material decontamination plan is fully operational, patients contaminated with hazardous materials will be decontaminated to best of the hospital ability and supplemented with a fdny mobile hazmat unit 911, 7186361700. Cost, process, regulatory and safety issues converge around chemical management, making it a critical, complex and cumbersome activity. Chemicals and other hazardous materials, management procedures. Guidelines for management of manufacturing process chemicals to further our commitment to safeguard human health and safety and the environment, dell has formed the manufacturing process chemicals mpc program to monitor, address, and mitigate risks associated with the use of chemicals in dell product manufacturing. Management itsm process to manage and control the baselines. A repository of the static forms pdf in an accessible electronic repository will be. We have developed the following ohs management system documents to align with these standards and have. August 1998 this document has been prepared, under the framework of the iomc, as part of a series o f complementary documents designed to help strengthen national capacities and capabilities. This procedure supports the university work health and safety policy. Having a properly implemented moc policy in place when implementing changes can help ensure that new hazards arent introduced and the risk levels of existing hazards. Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace. New chemicals decision guidelines manual detailed outline.
The world bank is providing support the government of kyrgyz republic gokr to enhance regional economic development through targeted interventions in. Chemical management procedure swinburne university. Print version rev 112008 chemicals cycling through cole science center must be tracked in order to provide proper storage, use safety awareness, and disposal. Introduction to chemical engineering processesprint version from wikibooks, the opencontent textbooks collection contents hide 1 chapter 1. As appropriate, the sections of the quality system manual give reference to the relevant procedures. C o w a l g o l d o p e r a t i o n evolution mining. Estimation of measurement uncertainty in chemical analysis. Chemical safety checklist chemicals are defined as any material that is not a common household item. For additional information, please contact ehs at 23600. Manual of procedure for chemical and instrumental analysis of. Responsible for overseeing the hazardous chemical registers and manifests in chemwatch gold ffx. Effective chemical management requires consideration of the safe, responsible, sustainable and economical use of substances throughout the chemical lifecycle from procurement, storage, use, transport and through to disposal. Corrosive chemicals procedures for safe handling and storage.