Hazardous Chemical

Management Training
University of Colorado at Boulder
Environmental Health & Safety
Http://ehs.colorado.edu
303-492-6025
ehs@colorado.edu

Why am I here?!
1) Someone said I had to be here
2) I work with potentially hazardous materials
3) I could potentially generate hazardous waste
4) I live for the University and desperately want to
protect its assets and investments

PassedConservation
by Congress
in 1976
Resource
Recovery
Act

Cradle To Grave

Oops~!!

The Answer
If you produce a waste that is hazardous by definition or
characteristic you are a generator!
If youre a generator you must have ANNUAL training, and so
does your supervisor!

But What is Hazardous Waste?!

By Regulations
Corrosive
Toxic
Ignitable
Listed

In Reality
Buffers, Solvents, Salts, O-My..!
If in doubt ask Haz-Waste Management Group

CU Hazardous Waste Management

E n v iro n m e n ta l H e a lth a n d S a fe ty
P ro c to r

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G e n e ra to r G e n e ra to r G e n e ra to r G e n e ra to r

Lab Safety
Aisle Obstructions & Clutter
Electrical cords, Clutter, Backpacks!

Food In the Lab?!

Secure Gas Cylinders
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Limit Quantity's of Hazardous Waste

Examples

PPE
PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
NO SHORTS OR SANDALS!
NO GLOVES OUTSIDE OF LAB!

Hazard Communication
Product Labels
NFPA Signage
MSDSs

Quick Look at hazards Inside!

NFPA Signage

What does
the white
section
mean?

Material Safety Data Sheets

Info on Hazards, Handling & Emergencies Designed For Industry

MSDS
Sections
Chemical Id (Name & synonyms)
Toxicity (How the Chemical can harm you)
Physical Characteristics (Physical state: Gas, Liquid, Solid)
Reactivity (Other chemicals that it may react with)
Fire, Spill, First Aid (How to handle chemicals in these
situations)

Availability
Supplier
EH&S Data Bases

Also helpful
Know Location of:
Fire Extinguishers
Alarm Stations
Eyewashes/Showers
Exits
MSDSs
Spill Equipment

Spills & Leaks

Incidental Spill Vs. Spill Response

Incidental Spill
Spill is small in nature
Quickly locate spill cleanup materials
Isolate and clean up the spill incorporating proper protection
(PPE)

Dispose of waste properly!

Emergency Spill Scenario

A one gallon container of Phenol broke and has
released onto the floor of you lab. Some has
splashed on one of your co-workers arms and
clothes.
What do you do now?!

Emergency Spill Response

Life Safety First
Evacuate Immediate Area
Pull Fire Alarm
Execute 911 call from Safe Location
Remain Available for Emergency Personnel

Chemistry Building Lab

Fire
A bottle of flammable liquid broke inside the hood next
to a hot plate. Portable fire extinguishers were
ineffective. Other improperly stored chemicals ignited,
adding more fuel to the fire

Fires
Is there such a thing as a small (unintentional)
fire?
Follow Emergency Spill Response Procedure
LEPER

Attempt to extinguish the fire if youre

comfortable doing so AND the Fire Department
is on its way

Waste Time!
We have covered
Lab safety
Spill Response
Fire

What do you do with the waste you have

generated?!

Waste
No Hazardous Chemicals down Drains or in the Trash!

Now what.!?

SAA Summary
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Waste Containers Labeled AND Written Words Hazardous Waste

Container closed and not leaking or bulging
Separate to Prevent Incompatibility
In Secondary Containment
Less than 55 Gal.
Not a P-Listed Waste

Whats Wrong Here?

No Haz-Waste Label
Open Containers
No Secondary Containment
Not In SAA

Hazardous Waste Tag

Fill Out Completely!!
Full Chemical Names in English
Percent Total = 100%
Includes Solvent (H2O)

Submit Top Copy to EH&S (UCB-413)

Haz-Waste Crews
Wish
List:
1. Please write Legible!
2. Keep Mercury Separate!
3. Multiple containers of same waste = one tag!
4. Physical State of Chemical AND pH!
Liquid
Solid
5. Been waiting 2 weeks? Call 303-492-7845
6. Peace on earth and lots of money

NOT LIIKE THIS!!

Radioactive Material
Contact Health Physics

303-492-6523
Special Training, License
Mixed Waste - WATCH OUT!

Mixed Chemicals and Rad are

VERY!...

VERY!. VERY!

BAD!!!

Bio waste
All biologically contaminated materials Must Be Rendered
Non-Infections
Bleach
Autoclave

Autoclaved Material Should Be Placed in Bins for Pickup

Empty Containers &

Broken Glass
Is it P-Listed?!
No free flowing liquid
Rinse toxic containers
Must Cross out hazard warnings!
Must Write Empty
Container may be trash disposed

*Lab glass is not allowed in campus recycling*

Sharps
Bio-Medically Appearing

Contaminated
Scalpel, Syringe, Needle = Haz Waste
Chem Contaminated + Anything = Haz Waste
All metal sharps (razor blades) = Haz Waste

Not Contaminated
Clean = Custodian Safe Container

Label Non Haz

Things You should know

now
We have covered
Lab safety
Spill Response
Fire
SAA/Waste
Glass/Containers/Sharps

Generator
Responsibilities!
Annual Training
Collect Waste properly
Proper Storage of Waste
Emergency Procedures
Complete Information on Haz-Waste Tags
Up-to-date Chemical Inventory
Up-to-date MSDS Catalog
Lab Safety & General Housekeeping

Questions?