Screening Tool for Chemicals / Processes Requiring SOPs

This screening tool is to assist in identifying operations which require Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). This list is NOT all inclusive. Please contact EH&S for assistance.

(Indicate all hazards as appropriate on the SOP form. Include the setup and decommissioning phases of the experiment, as well as routine operations and any foreseeable out-of-normal conditions.)

PHYSICAL HAZARDS (check all that apply) None
Cryogens / Oxygen deficient atmosphere / Noise >85 dBA
Fall Hazards (work more than 6 feet above floor level)
Material handling equipment (lifting, moving more than 80 kg)
Electrical hazards (ANY VOLTAGE > 50Vac & < 440v AC which poses a shock hazard and ALL VOLTAGES ≥ 440V AC
Confined Space / Experiments operating in extreme temperature range (<-40oC or > 250oC)
Other (specify):
PRESSURE OR VACUUM SYSTEMS (check all that apply) None
Compressed gases (toxic, corrosive, pyrophoric)
Pressurized vessels or systems (> 15 psig)
Vacuum chambers (walk-in)
Other (specify):
FIRE HAZARDS (check all that apply) None
Open flames or hot work (other than Bunsen Burners / Pyrophorics
Flammable gases (cascade system or “six packs” requires EH&S notification) /liquids (> 1 gallon) /solids / Other spark producing activity
Other (specify)
CHEMICAL HAZARDS (check all that apply) None
Carcinogens, Mutagens, Sensitizers, / Highly acute toxins, cytotoxic agents, poisons / Reproductive toxins / Corrosivesa
Antineoplastic drugs, Experimental drugs with incomplete health and safety information / Scale-up or pilot operations such as chemical vapor deposition furnaces, annealing operations
Bulk chemical storage / supply systems / Peroxide forming chemicals
Explosives / Strong Oxidizers (e.g., conc. Nitric, perchlorates) / Pyrophoric materials / PCBs
Asbestos / Pesticides/herbicides / Metals processing (Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead) / Nanomaterials
Highly reactive materials, propellants, water reactives, organic peroxides (e.g., MEKP) / Azides, Boranes, Hydrides
Beryllium containing materials / Toxic Metals (e.g. As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Cr, Hg, Se)b
Air or water reactive chemicals / Any reaction container/vessel ≥ 1 L (for other than water or dilute aqueous solutions)
Ionizing/Non-Ionizing Radiation
Contact Rick Mannix, / Biological Materials & Controlled substances : Contact

a This includes acids, bases, and other chemicals with corrosive health effects.

b Work with these elements in buffers is excluded. Work with the metals in any other form may be included. Contact EH&S for guidance.

High Hazard Process Screening Final 2