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Attendees:
Name Phone e-mail
Becky Delacruz 54860 bdelacruz@ccmail.nevada.edu
Patricia Cruz 51417 cruzp@unlv.nevada.edu
Jeanette Daniels; Committee Chair 54450 danielsj@unlv.nevada.edu
Susan Murphy 51411 smurphy@unlv.nevada.edu
Gayle Johnson in for Shelley Williams 51445 williams@med.unr.edu
George Fratus 54942 fratus@ccmail.nevada.edu
Joe Zimmerman 51425 joseph.zimmerman@ccmail.nevada.edu
Teri McGeachy 51404 mcgeachy@unlv.nevada.edu
Garth Spellman 51446 garth@unlv.nevada.edu
John Taylor 52929 john.taylor@ccmail.nevada.edu
Mosese
Ohia in for
1. New Member: The safety committee welcomes Joe Zimmerman as a new member of the safety committee representing the front office.
2. Incidents:
- Release of epoxy fumes from MSM-173 resulting in evacuation of area. No prior notice received from Planning and Construction due to annual leave
- Fumes from welding of HVAC on roof, no notification received
- Paint fumes, notification received
- Roof work, release of non hazardous fumes during non working hours, prior notification received
3.
Inspections:
In October, NV Dept. of Environmental Protection will be randomly
inspecting
* Satellite
Accumulation Area (SAA) is defined as a location at or near any point of
generation where dangerous waste is initially accumulated in containers before
consolidating the waste at a designated accumulation area (90/180-day) or
storage area. The term “satellite
accumulation area” is not found in the federal Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations, 40 CFR.
Each satellite accumulation area is limited by volume, up to either 55
gallons of dangerous waste or one quart of acutely hazardous waste.
Fire Safety: The
Please keep the following in mind:
- If there are sprinklers, need an 18” clearance below
- Do not remove rated doors. Any doors that have been removed will be put back on hinges (DNA lab)
- Store away flammables and combustibles in proper designated storage areas
- Do not prop rated doors, when in doubt, don’t prop them**
- 55 Gallon Drum Issue***
** Door Wedges (http://ehs.unlv.edu/forms/serviceguide.pdf):
The use of wedges or door stops is a
violation of the fire code and strictly prohibited. Office doors are typically
rated at one hour and are designed to prevent a fire rom spreading into
adjacent areas. Keeping the door open
prevents the door from doing its job. The State Fire arshall will enforce this specific
fire code with a citation of $1000 issued to the individual who placed the
wedge or door stop to keep the door open. When a student is visiting your
office for counseling or other situations when the door must be held open, the
State Fire Marshall will permit the use of a chair, waste paper basket or other
large similarly sized object. The rationale is that a large object is more
easily seen and moved so that the fire door will close.
*** 55-gallon
drums in MSM-181 (herpetology) need to have secondary containment (drip
pans). George offered to bring in a drum
lifter to insert the containment or we can transfer the materials to smaller
easier to handle drums. The smaller
drums do not need the secondary containment.
OSHA: Aurali Dade (EH&S) conducted an internal
inspection of
Firearms: Public safety, Luiz Ferreira, inspected the gun storage in (building and room number omitted) and interviewed ornithology personnel. He found no problems with the storage and security. Firearms procedures are in review and permission to store and transport in UNLV vehicles was granted, provided ornithology personnel are trained to the policies and procedures; firearms inventory is filed with Public Safety; and the inventory is kept up to date. In addition he recommended an alarm system be installed on the room housing firearms.
4. Training:
Cart Training: Anyone driving a cart needs to take cart
training with Jimmy Maffessanti (EH&S).
They then need to take a driver’s test with
OSHA Hazwoper refresher training: Generators of hazardous waste are required to be trained (when at a large quantity generator facility). To implement this requirement, 29 CFR 1910.1200 is an applicable training standard to use, if applied properly. Thus, per UNLV procedure, people who manage SAA are required to take this training. Because there are approximately 5 SAAs in the building, the 3 people who are currently trained, Jeanette, Klaus, and Amy, are considered adequate for the time being. A 24-hour course will soon be offered to replace the 40-hour training, so more personnel may be trained at that time.
5. Facility Concerns:
All non-routine maintenance is to go through Klaus.
Intrusion Alarms: We are looking at alarming a number of areas of the building. Including, the nuclear/chem. labs, micro labs and the bird range firearm storage area. Please see letter from the Chief of Police. This is a way to track who is going in and out of these areas during a specified time.
Keys: Although it may seem that many areas of the
building have not had key problems, several masters have been misplaced or not
returned. As a consequence, we are
going to rekey the entire building. The
Division Directors will be making the decision on how they want their areas
keyed and who is to have which keys. The
key issue has turned out to be much more complex than initially
planned. Submit any changes in keying to Jeanette. The front office and wooden external doors
will be Marlok accessible.
General:
a) In the next few months we will need to get rid of the old file cabinets in the hallway outside Klaus's office. The Archaeology group has gone through and removed their items. If the front office can go through the rest of the cabinets to ensure nothing of importance is thrown away, that would be appreciated.
b) Facilities will be removing
their items in the electrical storage room in MSM-176 and that will revert to
storage space for the
c) The HVAC that will cool room 176
is currently being installed and the installation should last another few
days. This is about a $15,000 unit that was kindly paid for by
facilities and did not cost
d) Archeology has removed the display cases in the hallway outside Klaus's office. That space will be temporarily used by the Nuclear group to store lab cabinets from Lab 173 (rad lab) while a new floor is being installed.
e) Lab 173 (rad lab) is being remediated for an asbestos tile floor replacing it with acid-proof flooring. This is the same lab that has recently been remodeled. There is a slight contract problem with the remediation company that is causing a delay in the floors being done. We are still hopeful the floor job can start in the next couple of weeks or so.
f) Once the floor is finished in lab 173, the supplies and equipment from the foyer area by the North entrance glass doors will be moved into the labs and that area can then be made into a professional looking reception area for visitors who enter the building. Also, the supplies that are being stored in 271 will be moved into the labs opening up that space. That area is proposed as a document storage area for the building.
g) Lab MSM-165 (general
use lab) will be upgraded soon. This project was voted on by
the Executive Committee and is being paid for by the
h) The first floor bathrooms in
the hallway across from Klaus's office are being completely remodeled including,
but not limited to, ventilation, flooring, walls, doors, fire alarms,
electrical and plumbing. This is a pretty big project and will involve
outside contractors in the building. Facilitiesis finalizing plans with
the trades and that project should start in October. We hope to have that
finished within a month or so, but it will be done by Christmas for sure. This
project is being paid fully by the University and is not costing the
i) The painting on the third and
fourth floors of the
j) The IDR for the front office
conference room upgrade is being submitted today. This is a fairly simple
project. The bookshelves will be cut partially down to allow
for an 18" fire sprinkler clearance. A projection screen
will be installed above the bookshelves and the room will be painted. This was
voted on by the Executive Committee and is being paid for by the
5.
Other business:
A question was raised whether there is a policy concerning the use of
cell phones in the laboratories and if not should the safety committee
establish one. There is no existing
policy. The chair, Jeanette said she
would discuss the issue with Klaus.
6.
Automatic External Defibrillator: John Taylor (EH&S) stated that the UNLV policies
and procedures governing AED use are in the final approval stage. Upon approval,
7.
Next Meeting:
The next meeting may be held after the fire marshal inspection,
depending on the findings of that inspection.
Otherwise, although the goal is for quarterly meetings, they will be
held on more of an “as-needed” basis.
Meeting
termination:
The
meeting was ended by
Meeting
Minutes Distribution:
Committee
members,
Appendix-Results of OSHA Inspection
As part of an ongoing
effort by UNLV to protect employees and to comply with Federal and
State requirements,
the following laboratories were inspected on
for this inspection
are outlined in OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.1450 and also in the OSHA
required UNLV
Chemical Hygiene Plan. Under that plan the Chemical Hygiene Officer is charged
to
perform regular
inspections of all laboratories.
The following is an
easy to read formdetailing those items that require correction. Please note as
a reminder: all safety equipment must be free of obstructions; this includes
safety showers, eyewashes, fire extinguisher,
electrical panels,
etc.
If you
have any questions need assistance, please call Aurali Dade at X0463 or send an
e-mail to aurali.dade@ccmail.nevada.edu.
MSM-422
Items to be Corrected as Soon as Possible:
• Documentation of internal safety training and procedures for
handling hazardous materials
must be
initiated. This should include a written record of laboratory staff’s
signatures when
trained
on safety aspects of new hazardous procedures and/or materials. Please see
attached
form
(Aurali can e-mail this to you); you may use this form or develop your own.
• All refrigerators should have warning signs, please see attached
sign for an example.
• A spill kit should be present in the laboratory. Please see
http://ehs.unlv.edu/spill_response.html.
Items corrected by Environmental Health & Safety
• A fire extinguisher was not located in 422, this deficiency was
passed on to the Fire Safety
personnel.
MSM
308, 312, 322, 322A
Items to be Corrected as Soon as Possible:
• Storage of any item must be at least 18 inches below the bottom of
the sprinkler heads, also
heavy,
hazardous or glass items should not be stored high overhead.
• Food & drink should only be stored & consumed in designated
areas.
• All refrigerators should have warning signs, please see attached
sign for an example.
• A spill kit should be present in the laboratory. Please see
http://ehs.unlv.edu/spill_response.html.
MSM
165, 167, 172A, 306
Items
to be Corrected as Soon as Possible:
• All potential tripping hazards in
walkways in 172A such as electrical cords should be
removed.
• Emergency phone numbers should be
readily visible (306).
• All refrigerators should have warning
signs, please see attached sign for an example.
• The safety shower in 306 is blocked.
Obstructions should be removed.
Items
corrected by Environmental Health & Safety
• The fire extinguisher in 306 should be
mounted. This was passed on to fire safety.
MSM
164, 168
Items
to be Corrected as Soon as Possible:
• All refrigerators should have warning
signs, please see attached sign for an example.
• Staff members were unable to find a
first aid kit at the time of the inspection. A first aid kit
should be present in
the laboratory. Please see attached information on recommended first aid
kits for purchase.
MSM
146, 208 & 410
Items
to be Corrected as Soon as Possible:
• Storage of any item must be at least 18
inches below the bottom of the sprinkler heads, there
were some boxes
stored in 146 that were above this level.
Items
corrected by Environmental Health & Safety
• There was some expired ether in 410,
this information was passed on to Hazardous Materials
Safety.
• There were missing ceiling tiles in
410, this information was passed on to Fire Safety.