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ohs / office & shop safety
Chemical Spill Management
EH&S provides several services for control and remediation of hazardous materials which have been accidentally spilled or released. These include:
Responding to contain/clean-up spills of hazardous chemicalsProviding training to departments with laboratories for cleaning up spillsConsulting with individual labs in the development of spill management programs
Each WSU laboratory must decide how it will manage hazardous chemical spills. The laboratory (1) may opt to clean up its own spills, (2) may initiate the university's emergency response system by calling 911 and reporting a chemical spill, or may (3) institute a combination of the two.
If laboratory employees are expected to clean up spills, they must be trained to recognize the hazards associated with the spill and must wear the appropriate protective equipment. The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) rule applies to spill cleanup procedures. Typically, a laboratory will train its employees to clean up small, relatively non-hazardous spills and will utilize the WSU emergency response resources for large, toxic spills.
Spill cleanup materials must be managed as dangerous waste.
EH&S provides training for laboratory workers who are assigned spill clean-up duties. Call EH&S at 335-3041 to arrange for training. EH&S prefers to train groups of students, so departments are encouraged to arrange for training of workers from several laboratories simultaneously.
Contact EH&S at 335-3041 or by email at ehs@wsu.edu.
See S.70.45 for more information on spill response.
Contact:
Craig Root
(509)662-8714 ext. 230
WSU Wenatchee TFREC
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Kevin Crowley
(360)546-9706
WSU Vancouver
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Brad Baugh
(360)368-6699
WSU Spokane
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URL: http://www.ehs.wsu.edu/ohs/ohs-chemspill.asp
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Revised
12/15/05
Reviewed
07/25/07
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