Environmental Health & Safety
Orientation
Spring 2014
Our Purpose – YOU!!!
Communicate the potential hazards found on
Campus and at Home to keep you; our
visitors, students, faculty, and staff safe &
healthy while protecting our natural
resources and living in a sustainable manner.
Check out these links to find out more:
• Environmental Health & Safety Website
• Wright Way Policy, 6000 Series
The Emergency Action Plan
To help you and others respond to emergency situations:
1. The WSU Telephone book, pages 2-6
2. Budget Planning & Resource Analysis
www.wright.edu/bpra/em/
3. WSU: Environmental Health & Safety
www.wright.edu/admin/ehs/
Those living in residence halls or university-owned housing,
emergency procedures are located:
http://www.wright.edu/housing/getting_started/emergency.html
The Emergency Action Plan
It is your supervisor’s responsibility to
inform you of your area-specific
procedures. It is your responsibility to
know and understand these duties and
how to respond to emergency situations.
1.) Know how Emergency Notifications are issued
2.) Know where to go to seek shelter or to evacuate
3.) Have a method of headcount for your area, office, or
class room
4.) Have a way to summon help or to communicate SOS
Six Ways to Summon Help:
1. Emergency Telephones
Found in each Building to
communicate with WSUPD
Dispatch
Provides automatic
communication to University
Police
Six Ways to Summon Help:
2. Outdoor Emergency
Call Boxes
Communicate with WSUPD
Dispatch
 Located in remote locations,
and parking lots.
 Provide communication to
WSUPD Dispatch.
Six Ways to Summon Help:
3. Telephones:
 Located in offices,
departments, and hallways
 Dialing 911connects WSUPD
Dispatch
Six Ways to Summon Help:
4. Personal Cell Phone
Call 775-2111 for WSUPD Dispatch
. . . 911 from your cell will slow
emergency response! Always
heed the “no service” or poor
reception areas. Practice
“ICE#1, ICE#2, etc. And have an
alternate means during an
emergency.
Six Ways to Summon Help:
5. Automatic External
Defibrillator
AEDs are user-friendly devices to save the life of
someone having Sudden Cardiac Arrest. AED’s use
electrical therapy to defibrillate or stop arrhythmia to get
the heart back to a normal rhythm.
Opening an AED box notifies the WSUPD Dispatch and
activates a loud audible. For an inventory listing and
locations: http://www.wright.edu/admin/ehs/
For more information on AED’s see Health & Human
Services:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/healthtopics/topics/aed/ho
wtouse.html
Automatic External Defibrillator
Ohio’s “Good Samaritan” law
provides certain protection from
lawsuits to those providing first
aid or other emergency care or
treatment to someone suffering
an injury or sudden illness - Ohio
Revised Code, Section 2305.23.
Six Ways to Summon Help:
6. Pull Stations
Know locations and use whenever there
is a fire or heavy smoke which will
notify WSUPD Dispatch.
 Wright State University–owned buildings
(Hamilton Hall & Forest Lane) are also
monitored by WSUPD Dispatch
IF THE PREVIOUS 5 METHODS of communication are
unavailable; pull stations may be used to notify WSUPD
Dispatch as a last resort
Fire Safety Equipment
– Residence Halls
Residence halls are equipped with smoke detectors,
sprinkler systems, and hallway fire extinguisher.
Each leased building (College Park, The Woods,
Village, and the Honors Community) is externally
monitored to dispatch the Fairborn Fire Department
and or notify the WSUPD Dispatch.
Fire Extinguishers
Know the location of
nearest extinguisher
BUT use only for your
safety to escape the
building.
Personnel in High Hazardous Areas
may be required to be trained due to
increased risk or volatility of materials.
Hazard Communication
Your Right-to-Understand
• Ensures that the hazards of all chemicals produced or imported
are classified, and that information concerning the classified hazard is
communicated to employers and employees.
• Aligns with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of
Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), Revision 3.
Provides
• Container labeling and other forms of warning,
• Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) in a standardized 16-section format, and
• Employee training.
Every employee has the right to understand the hazards in their work area.
Hazard Communication Labels
Requirements
• Name, address and telephone number
• Product identifier
• Signal word
• Hazard statement(s)
• Precautionary Statement(s)
• Pictogram(s)
Every employee must be able to understand hazardous material labels and pictograms
in their work area.
Hazard Communication Pictograms
HCS2012 Pictograms and Hazards
Health Hazard
•Carcinogen
•Mutagenicity
•Reproductive Toxicity
•Respiratory Sensitizer
•Target Organ Toxicity
•Aspiration Toxicity
Flame
•Flammables
•Pyrophorics
•Self-Heating
•Emits Flammable
Gas
•Self-Reactives
•Organic Peroxides
Exclamation Mark
•Irritant (skin and eye)
•Skin Sensitizer
•Acute Toxicity
•Narcotic Effects
•Respiratory Tract Irritant
•Hazardous to Ozone Layer
(Non-Mandatory)
Gas Cylinder
•Gases Under Pressure
Corrosion
•Skin Corrosion/Burns
•Eye Damage
•Corrosive to Metals
Exploding Bomb
•Explosives
•Self-Reactives
•Organic Peroxides
Flame Over Circle
•Oxidizers
Environment
(Non-Mandatory)
•Aquatic Toxicity
Skull and Crossbones
•Acute Toxicity (fatal or
toxic)
Hazard Communication Label
Fictitious Example
Hazard Communication
Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
The SDS is a detailed document that
communicates hazard information to
• Employers,
• Employees,
• Physicians,
• Other health professionals, and
• Emergency personnel.
Every employee must have access to SDS for every hazardous material in their work
area.
Hazard Communication
SDS Example
SDSs
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Must use the standard 16section format to make
finding specific information
easier.
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Must be readily available.
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Must be provided by the
chemical manufacturer.
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Must be retained 30 years
beyond the last use date of
the material.
Hazard Communication
Employee Information and Training
Employees require effective information and training on
hazardous chemicals in their work area:
• at the time of their initial assignment, and
• whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not
previously been trained about is introduced into their work
area.
Information and training may cover categories of hazards (e.g.,
flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals.
Chemical-specific information must always be available through
labels and SDSs.
Every employee must have training for hazardous materials in their work area.
DOT - Hazardous Material Transportation
DOT training required for Receiving or Shipping of
hazardous material on or off campus.
Hazardous Material can include:
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Chemicals and chemical containing equipment
Biological and/or infectious materials
Radioactive material, isotopes, sealed source, etc.
Compressed Gases
Bloodborne Pathogens
Wright State University employs many people
who could come into contact with human blood,
blood components, or other potentially infectious
material (OPIM).
If your job duties potentially put you in contact
with bloodborne pathogens or OPIM make sure
you acquire the bloodborne pathogens training
& practice universal precautions.
More information may be found on the EHS
BBP website page.
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Lab Safety
Laboratories require a Lab Safety Plan
for personnel working in lab settings.
 Working in a laboratory requires
additional training. Contact our Lab
Safety Officer at ext. 2797 .
Lab Safety
Labels, Lab Signs, & Other Warnings
Your job may or may not require you to be exposed to hazardous
substances on campus.
▫ If not, be aware of hazard warning signs, what they mean, and
refrain from entering areas labeled as hazardous without further
training.
▫ Otherwise, you will need Safety Data Sheet, Personal Protective
Equipment, and Emergency Action Plan Training.
Lab Safety - Biological Safety Awareness
Biological materials such as cell cultures, viruses, toxins, and DNA/RNA are
commonly found in research/teaching and require oversight by our
Biological Safety Committee and Biological Safety Officer.
Regulated by the National Institute of Health and the Center for Disease
Control guidelines, the Institutional Biosafety Committee, and the EHS
Institutional Biosafety Officer (ext. 2797).
Lab Safety - Radiation Safety
Radioactive materials, radiation producing devices (x-rays), and
lasers used on campus, are regulated by the Ohio Department of
Health, Radiation Safety Committee, and/or EHS Radiation Safety
Officer.
Work with radioactive materials, radiation producing devices, or
lasers requires additional training and may be obtained by
contacting EHS at ext. 2169.
Lab Safety - Lasers
• Lasers need approval
and inspected.
• Training and PPE is
required
• Class 3b & Class 4
Lasers require medical
eye exams
Lab Safety - Orphan Chemicals
EHS provides a list of chemicals that are
available to all researchers, for good purity
chemicals no longer needed by our researchers
These "orphaned" chemicals are available free
of charge, on a "first come, first serve" basis.
The quantities listed include weight of the
container (in kilograms), as well as its contents.
These chemicals can save researchers money
and decrease our disposal costs. Contact EHS
for more details and current inventory.
Environmental - Waste Disposal
All waste must be disposed of properly where Re-Use,
Repurposing, & regular land-fill is not feasible.
Regulated Waste is EPA-classified waste.
Recyclables includes batteries, paper, cardboard, aluminum, and some
triple-rinsed containers like glassware and plastic drums.
Special Waste includes:
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Chemicals, paints, cleaners, etc…
Infectious material
Radioactive Material
Electronics (computers, fax machines, etc…)
Fluorescent lights
Additional training required for those generating regulated waste. Contact
EHS at ext. 3788.
Environmental - Pollution Prevention
Hazardous Material Spills
If spill is unknown or beyond your capabilities, contact
EHS for our HAZMAT
Team response.
Storm Water Management
We’re a Permitted Facility required
to educate “consumers”, maintain best management
practices, and prevent illicit discharges.
Please call WSU Police Dispatch if any potential spills are observed
on or near campus property.
Environmental - Drinking Water
WSU has 2 wells, 3 water treatment operators, and its
very own water treatment plant to service campus
locations (does not include off-site housing, or satellite
operations).
The Annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR)
summarizes information regarding aquifers use, any
detected contaminants, compliance, and educational
information. The reports are due by July 1st each year.
CCR’s are found on EHS’s Drinking Water link:
*.*Boil advisories are issued due to maintenance activities. Please follow all
guidance provided during a boil advisory.
Safety - Electrical
Electric Shock and Arc Flash
Electrical equipment or electrical system design,
installation, modification, testing, repair, and maintenance
shall be done by QUALIFIED AND AUTHORIZED electrical
personnel only.
If your job requires you to perform AUTHORIZED electrical
work, additional electrical training and arc flash training is
required. Contact EHS at ext. 2215.
Safety – Electrical
Electric Shock and Arc Flash
For the rest of us, a few basic electrical safety practices to consider:
• Never open or approach an open electrical panel. These panels are
designed to protect you when they are closed.
• Never place liquids or any other item on top of control or electrical
panels.
• Never reset a “tripped” safety switch or circuit breaker.
• Report faulty or suspicious electrical systems.
• No over loading circuits – “daisy chained” or multiple outlet adapters.
• All electric heaters must be approved by Physical Plant.
• Never use ungrounded or broken plugs.
• Avoid using extension cords.
Safety - Lockout
 Lockout is a process used to protect employees and visitors from
accidental startup of machines or equipment, and to prevent the
release of stored energy during servicing and/or maintenance.
 The placement of a lockout device and employee identification
valves, motors, pumps, electrical breakers, etc. ensures hazardous
energy is controlled and equipment cannot be operated until the
lockout device is removed.
Safety - Lockout
Affected Person – Anyone working in the vicinity of locked out equipment
OR would be “affected” by lockout procedures.
Do not attempt to utilize equipment that has been locked out. Look for
identifying tags, as seen in photos.
Authorized Person – Trained employee that controls all energy sources
when performing tasks involving hazardous motion or stored energy.
These might be electrical, hydraulic, gravity, kinetic, temperature,
chemical, compressed air, etc.
Safety - Confined Spaces
NEVER enter permit-required spaces without training, equipment, and
written authorization.
A Confined space is an area that:
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Has limited or restricted means of entry or exit
Is large enough for a worker to enter and perform the task assigned
Is not designated for continuous employee occupancy
Any open-top tank or pit more than four (4) feet deep that meets the above conditions
Confined spaces on campus are marked as:
DANGER
PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE
DO NOT ENTER
Contact EHS 937.775.2215
For Emergency – WSUPD 937.775.2111
DANGER
CONFINED SPACE
SEE YOUR SUPERVISOR BEFORE ENTRY
Contact EHS 937.775.2215
For Emergency – WSUPD 937.775.2111
Safety - Fall Hazard
Falls are one of the leading causes of occupational injuries and
many Fall Hazards at WSU exist around campus.
If your job requires you to use any of this equipment or access
any of these areas, then specific training is required.
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Any Roof Access
Ladders
Vertical or Aerial Lifts
Scaffolding
Any working/walking surface four feet or higher above next lowest level
Above holes, openings, skylights or other hazardous area such as
water, moving parts, electrical devices, etc.
Safety – Accident, Injury, & Near-Miss
Reporting
Report all near-misses, incidents, accidents,
injuries, or illnesses, regardless of severity to your
supervisor immediately.
An incident report shall be completed by you
and your supervisor by the end of your shift:
 http://www.wright.edu/administration/ehs/resour
ces/report.html
Additional EHS Training
Additional EHS training may be required
depending on your job.
On our EHS website, complete the “EHS Job Task
Questionnaire”. If you supervise staff, complete
only the “EHS Supervisor Training Questionnaire”.
Wright Way Policies: EHS 6000 Series
6001 Environmental Health and Safety
6010 Safety Shoes
6014 Fire Safety Plan
6015 Exit Policy for the Closeout/Decommissioning of University Labs
6020 Smoking
6030 Pregnancy in the Workplace/Academic and Research Settings
6031 Emergency Care for Injuries and Illnesses
6032 Reporting Injuries and Illnesses
6034 Occupational/Non-occupational Exposure to BB Pathogens
6052 Violence in the Workplace
Office of Environmental Health & Safety
Dedicated EHS Professionals providing risk management,
job hazard analysis, and regulatory compliance for all
visitors, students, faculty, and staff while keeping YOU our
most important asset Safe and Healthy.
http://www.wright.edu/admin/ehs/resources/concern.html
937.775.2215
937.212.2946
Main Office 047 Biological Sciences II
EHS Employee 24 hour response