Lab Safety Orientation Checklist

LAB SAFETY ORIENTATION CHECKLIST

Attached is a lab safety orientation checklist tool that can be used to communicate critical safety and environmental information to the people working in your lab.

Instructions

Complete the sections below with information specific to your lab. Information should include important telephone numbers, evacuation routes and assembly points. Indicate the location of safety and environmental equipment (ex. on east wall or near the sink). Include locations of alternate equipment if there is a risk that the lab will need to be evacuated. Delete all non-applicable items.

Suggested Uses

Provide a copy of the checklist to all new lab personnel. Have them locate each piece of safety and environmental equipment and sign the statement at the end of the checklist.

Have lab personnel draw a map of the lab indicating the location of each piece of safety and environmental equipment.

Review the checklist periodically during meetings with lab personnel.

Post this checklist in the lab along with a room layout showing the location of emergency equipment and evacuation routes. (The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Office can laminate the checklist and room layout upon request.)

Please contact the EHS Office is you need assistance with accommodations for providing barrier free accessibility to lab safety equipment for students and staff working in the lab.

If you have any questions, please contact the EHS Office at 874-7993 or .

LAB SAFETY ORIENTATION CHECKLIST

Important Telephone Numbers

Fire or Emergency (24/7): 874-2121 (URI Public Safety Dispatch)

Principal Investigator______

Department Chair______

Environmental Health and Safety 874-7993

Radiation Safety Office789-9391

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Evacuation Routes

Primary Route:

Secondary Route:

Assembly Point:

Safety and Environmental Equipment

Safety Shower:

Alternate Safety Shower:

Drench Hose:

Eyewash:

Fire Alarm Pull Station:

Fire Extinguisher:

Fire Blanket:

Emergency Shutoff:

Nearest Telephone:

Personal Protective Equipment:

Safety Data Sheets

Chemical Spill Kit:

Biological Spill Kit:

First Aid Kit:

Fume Hood:

Biosafety Cabinet:

Glove Box:

Hazardous Waste SAA:

Sharps Container:

Biohazardous Waste Box:

Glassware Disposal Box:

Oxygen Sensor:

Bonding and Grounding Station:

I have reviewed the Safety and Environmental Equipment in this lab as noted on this checklist and I am familiar with the location of each item.

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Print Name

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Signature

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Date