Environmental Safety Services
ChemSource Ordering
Online form to order of chemicals and safety supplies from the Environmental Safety Facility
Chemical Waste Tag Entry
Use this on line form to notify Environmental Safety Facility that you have chemical wastes to be picked up. Note that completing this form requires a serial number for the paper tag to be attached to the waste container.
Laboratory Safety Online Courses
Online Orientation Safety Training for UVM Laboratory Workers.
Sign up for Classroom Safety Training
Register for Classroom Safety Training for Laboratory Workers
Laboratory Safety Training Transcript
Computer-generated certificate of laboratory safety training provided by Environmental Safety staff for a particulr individual (both on-line and classroom).
Laboratory Inventory
On line entry of laboratory inventory: laboratory location, people working in the laboratory and chemicals stored in the laboratory.
Environmental Safety Paper Forms
Hazardous Waste Forms
Hazardous Waste Tags: Four part, serial numbered tags required to be used to arrange for disposal of hazardous chemical waste
Hazardous Waste Accumulation Stickers: Yellow stickers for use on waste accumulation containers not yet full.
These can be picked up at:
- Given: in a box on the table near the mailboxes
- HSRF - 221 Photo room, on shelf
- Stafford - Mailroom on south end of second floor
- Marsh Life Sciences - Stockroom in the basement
- Rubenstein Laboratory - near mailboxes
- Cook Physical Sciences - Room 243, the stockroom on 2nd floor
- Colchester Research Facility - on a shelf inside metal cabinet near main office
If these locations aren't convenient to get to, e-mail us at esf@uvm.edu and we'll put the forms you need in campus mail.
Daily Safety Management
Chemical Use Planning Form: form available in pdf and Word format designed to help laboratory workers develop safety practices for specific chemicals or groups of chemicals with similar hazards. Required before submittal of protocols for hazardous chemical use with chemicals.
Laboratory Self-Inspection Form : Color Laboratory safety "scorecard" designed to allow laboratories to review safety conditions in the laboratories at least monthly. You can download and print this or e-mail us at esf@uvm.edu and we'll send you a color paper copy in campus mail.
Laboratory Safety Notebook: General outline of a model laboratory safety notebook. The purpose of this notebook is consolidate safety information in a single place for easy review by laboratory workers, internal laboratory safety auditors and government regulators.
Guide to Managing Chemical Waste in UVM Laboratories: Informational brochure that describes UVM's chemical waste management system and how you can Prevent Pollution by reducing the amount of hazardous chemical waste you work produces. (in PDF format).
Sample Policies and Forms for Special Circumstances
Working Alone Policy : Form for identifying operations that should not be conducted alone. See link for further explanation.
Unattended Operations: Door sign designed specifically for potential hazards associated with unattended operations
Liability Waiver: A description of the legal conditions for unaffilated people to work in UVM laboratories in Word format. Complete and store in the Laboratory Safety notebook.
Laboratory Decommissioning Forms: used to arrange for removal of hazardous chemicals when moving a laboratory or closing a laboratory
Biosafety Materials
Bloodborne Pathogen Program Forms for Hepatitis B vaccinations: The Risk Designation Form provided by the supervisor, filed in the laboratory safety notebook, and submitted to the medical provider when the Hepatitis B vaccine is given. The Consent/Refusal Form for employees to complete before receiving the vaccine.
Door sign for Biosafety Level 2 laboratories. Download and print this color PDF version of a door sign for laboratories performing Biosafety Level 2 work. BSL 2 work is described here
Environmental Safety Labels, Signs and Tags
Request copies of these labels, signs and tags by e-mail at esf@uvm.edu for delivery by campus mail. Click on the title to see which form we're talking about.
Emergency Eye Wash/ Shower Flush Log : Color safety calendar designed to track laboratory safet shower and eyewash flushing as well as self inspections over the calendar year. You can download and print this or e-mail us at esf@uvm.edu and we'll send you a color paper copy in campus mail.
Hazardous Chemical Labels : orange labels in a variety of layouts which provide standardized labelling for hazardous chemicals in UVM laboratories. Be sure that all hazardous chemicals are labelled with these or equivalent labels. E-mail us at esf@uvm.edu for copies.
Non-Hazardous Chemical Labels: green labels in a variety of layouts which provide standardized labelling for non-hazardous chemicals in UVM laboratories. Be sure that all non-hazardous chemicals are labelled with these or equivalent labels. E-mail us at esf@uvm.edu for copies.
Laboratory Door Signs: door signs with standard hazard warnings and areas to fill out emergency contact information.
"Drains to Lake" Sink Sticker: Sticker to be attached to sinks to remind everyone that what goes down the sinks goes into Lake Champlain (after treatment to remove solids and organic material only).
Last Updated: August 13, 2008
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