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C o n t e n t s
Contributed by Communications and Training Specialist, Susie Claxton
Whether you greet your friends and family with "Happy New Year" on January 1st of the Gregorian Calendar or "Kung Hei Fat Choi" in the Chinese Calendar, or you celebrate the new year at Rosh Hashanah of the Jewish Calendar, the new year is a time of resolving to improve your life with adopting new good habits, and throwing out the old bad habits. Make safety, health and environmental protection part of your new good habits. You will be glad you did.
Supervisor
Health and Safety Training
Contributed by Communications and Training Specialist, Susie Claxton
Are you a supervisor? Do you know the TRICK to a comprehensive workplace
health and safety program? Do you know what safety Training you
are legally required to provide for staff who report to you? Do you know
what health and safety Reporting is required of you? Do you inspect
your workplace to Identify hazards according to a regular schedule?
Are you Correcting hazards found in the workplace? Are you Keeping
required records? Be sure to get the answers to these and other health
and safety questions by coming to Stanford 130, Orientation for New Supervisors.
Registration and course information is available at:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/training/ehs_class_descriptions.html.
New!
Infectious Disease Fact Sheets
Contributed by BioSafety Officer,
Ellyn Segal
Our BioSafety
web pages now have infectious disease fact sheets of interest to our
Stanford University community. These fact
sheets are for information only and are not meant to be used for self-diagnosis,
or as a substitute for consultation with a health care provider.
Automatic
External Defibrillators (AEDs)
Contributed by Assistant University Fire Marshal, Alison Pena
Use of Automatic External Defibrillators, also known as AEDs, are a proven method of reducing the likelihood of death from a sudden heart attack. You may have spotted an AED unit in the airport, and soon you will be seeing more of them on campus. Several departments are definitely interested in purchasing their own device. While the cost of each device runs from $1,500.00 - $3,500.00, the benefit of a successful resuscitation is priceless. The Environmental Health & Safety Dept. acts as the administrator for the Stanford University AED Program with Asst. Univ. Fire Marshal, Alison Pena, serving as the EH&S Program Coordinator and Health & Safety Specialist, Susie Claxton, as the EH&S Training Coordinator. Together we have been meeting with Departments that are interested in purchasing AED units or who have already bought machines. EH&S has developed a program policy that includes training and maintenance requirements. We are focused on keeping track of the growing number of AED devices out there as well as the number of trained users. As AED units are installed in buildings we are interested in having the locations of those machines identified on the building's Emergency Evacuation Plans. In that respect the AED Program will overlap with the SUFMO Fire Safety Inspection Program. It doesn't do any good to install the machines if people don't know where they are. We want to make them as accessible and visible as possible. For more information on AED machines go to http://www.aed.com/.
SU
Chemical Inventory Updating/ Reporting
Contributed by Industrial Hygienist, Yong Kim
Why do we do it?
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Accurate chemical inventory data are needed to generate Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP) submissions annually for every facility (as required by SARA Title III/ AB 2185- Waters Bill).
- Emergency responders rely on up-to-date chemical
inventories and other emergency information to quickly assess the risks
of stored hazardous materials. Outdated or absent information can hamper
or additionally endanger emergency response or rescue services.
What do you need to do?
EH&S has updated the University's HMMP submittal process to help further streamline efforts and to help locally improve associated regulatory compliance. The updated process is as follows:
1) Eight weeks before your building's annual inventory submittal deadline, EH&S sends an email to the building manager or appropriate safety representative, providing detailed instructions on HMMP submittal, also specifying the exact deadline for inventory submittal.
IMPT: Inaccurate or late inventory submissions that trigger regulatory violation/ penalties are to be levied at the School/ Division level.
*** EH&S-RECOMMENDED***
Upon request, EH&S will provide a set of brief inventory summaries to make it easier to locally review/ spot-checking the on-line inventory data.2) Once the entire facility's inventory has been confirmed as up-to-date, provide EH&S an e-mail requesting your building's HMMP submission (as instructed in the initial e-mail).
3) Within 3 weeks of the submittal request, EH&S will provide a local copy of your annual HMMP submission.
Mercury
Thermometer Exchange Program
Contributed by Environmental Programs Specialist, Heather Perry
EH&S recently assumed total responsibility for managing the highly regarded Mercury Thermometer Exchange Program. Previously, the day-to-day administration was handled by Facilities Operations, but due to recent personnel changes, EH&S is now handling these details. Since its inception, the program has exchanged nearly 1500 mercury thermometers, representing a significant cost savings to the University in avoided waste disposal and clean-up fees.
EH&S and Facilities Operations were awarded the 2002 Environmental Achievement Award by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency for its Battery Recycling and Mercury Thermometer Replacement Programs. For more information about either program please click on the underlined program links.
If you have questions, you may contact Heather Perry at extension 3-1308.
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