Safety

Department Laboratory and Safety Shop Guidelines

To ensure safe practices in our laboratories, the Department has adopted the guidelines in the document below. The guidelines are strictly enforced and students must understand and agree to the information in the document prior to undertaking work in any instructional or research laboratory.

• Instructional Laboratory and Student Shop Safety Guidelines (PDF)

Environmental Health and Safety

The Department of Environmental Health and Safety conducts annual inspections of instructional and research laboratories. A fillable PDF form of the Laboratory Safety Checklist can be found below.

• Laboratory Safety Checklist (PDF)

In addition, all chemical users are required to participate in the Chemical Inventory Program. The inventory must be reviewed and updated annually. The department utilizes a shared spreadsheet in Google Sheets (Google Drive) to track chemical inventory. A link to the shared spreadsheet can be found below.

• Chemical Inventory Spreadsheet (Google Sheets)

Laboratory Safety Training

University System of Georgia (USG) Training

The following training resources are provided by the University System of Georgia:

• Right-To-Know Basic Awareness with the Global Harmonized System
• Hazardous Waste Awareness

Building a Better U Training

To access Building a Better U:

1. Log in to MyGeorgiaSouthern
2. Under Training select eLearning System (Building a Better U)
3. Search for Content

The following training resources are provided by Building a Better U. Please remember, to use the links below you must be logged into MyGeorgiaSouthern and Building a Better U beforehand (see instructions above).

• Workplace Safety Orientation
• Personal Protective Equipment (HAZWOPER)
• Fire and Explosion Hazards (HAZWOPER)
• Hazard Communication (HAZWOPER)

Last updated: 7/12/2019