Safety checklist. Scope: chemistry1

Safety checklist
Scope: Chemistry
Periodicity of control: 6 months / Room Nr...... Date:
Controlled by: ......
Object / Status
YesNo / Measures to be taken / OK
Laboratory access / Limited to authorized persons /  / / 
Door Safety Data Sheets / Up-to-date /  / 
Sticker 115 / Posted /  / 
Escape ways / Passages free of stored material (width of about1 meter) /  / / 
First aid kit
Eyewash units /
  • Available
/  / / 
  • Stickers indicating the location
/  / / 
Firefighting capabilities /
  • Extinguishers
/  / / 
  • Fire blankets
/  / / 
  • Stickers indicating the location
/  / / 
Food and drink / Separate fridge with a label: «Food and drink only» /  / / 
Electrical cords / Excluded on the floor in the passageways /  / 
Scientific and technical equipment /
  • User manual
/  / / 
  • List of instruction available
/  / / 
  • Suitable connection for fluids and energy
/  / / 
New or modified equipment / Certificate of conformity /  / / 
Unused or discarded equipment /
  • Planned elimination
/  / / 
  • EPFL inventory updated
/  / / 
Hot surfaces /
  • Gloves available at a fixed location
/  / / 
  • Sticker «Hot surface»
/  / 
Inventory of chemicals /
  • Existing
/  / 
  • Kept up-to-date by users
/  / 
  • Safety data sheet (SDS) available
/  / / 
Object / Status
YesNo / Measures to be taken / OK
Personal protective equipment /
  • Fixed locations
/  / / 
  • Periodic maintenance
/  / 
  • Individual attribution
/  / 
Fume hood / Pictograms«Labcoat»and «Safety glasses» /  / 
Storage of chemicals /
  • Bunded tank for all liquids
/  / 
  • Suitable labeling
/  / 
  • Separation ofincompatible chemicals
/  / / 
  • Dangerous chemicalskept under lock
/  / / 
  • Fridge with label: «Chemicals only»
/  / / 
  • Toxic substancesstored in ventilated and locked cabinets
/  / / 
  • Flammable substances storedanti-deflagration cabinets
/  / / 
  • Alkali metals only stored in the chemical store
/  / 
  • Quantities in storewithin the authorized limits in a lab
/  / 
Transport of chemicals / When moving chemicals on the EPFL campus, use of a chemical transport basket /  / / 
Gas under pressure /
  • Cylinders firmly secured
/  / 
  • Harmful gasesstored outside
/  / 
Vacuum pump / Outlet of the pump linked towards the outside /  / 
Waste disposal / Information to the collaborators /  / / 
Tower computers / Raised above the floor (risk of flooding) /  / / 

Reference: Safety Manual, School of Basic Sciences, chapter 6, p. 71-95.

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