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Call Emergency Number: 911. Specify whether you need Fire, Police or Ambulance. Have the following information available: building name, building address, room number. Arrange to have someone meet the attendant at a designated entrance. If hazardous materials are involved, have a copy of the MSDS available for the medical personnel.
If the emergency involves an unconscious/injured person: Ensure there is no danger to yourself or victim. Do not move victim unless their life is endangered. Remain with victim until help arrives.
Inform Supervisor or Department Head (including damage to property).
Pull FIRE ALARM. (Do not pull Fire Alarm in case of Bomb Threat or Gas Leak.)
If possible, control fire with extinguisher. If the fire cannot be controlled, isolate by closing the doors. Do not lock the doors.
Call 2-4567 to confirm that alarm was received at the Fire Hall. (Inform your Supervisor or Department Head if possible.)
Leave by the nearest safe exit. Walk, don't run. Do not use the elevator. Shut doors behind you.
Wait for the Fire Department outside of the main entrance of the building. (The main entrance to the Biosciences Building is at the corner of University Boulevard and the Main Mall.)
Assist in evacuation of building if requested to do so by Fire Department or Floor Wardens. All others should move well away from the building exits.
Do not reenter building until the Fire Department gives permission.
Close the door behind the spill and/or fire.
Call Hazardous Materials Response (Campus Fire Dept.).: 2-4567. Be prepared to give the following information: type of chemical or hazard, amount spilled, exact location of the spill (room number, building). Do not hang up until the operator releases you.
Call the UBC Department of Health, Safety and Environment: 2-2029.
Inform Supervisor or Department Head.
Try to have MSDS on hand for Emergency personnel.
Call 822-4444 for treatment of all injuries or transport to hospital. This will summon Level 2 First Aid Attendants from the UBC Fire Hall. Have your building name and address available and arrange for someone to meet the attendant at a designated entrance. If hazardous materials are involved, have a copy of the MSDS available for the medical personnel. For additional assistance on the spot call Local First Aid Attendants: Don Brandys 822-6750 BioSciences Room 1365A or Kathy Gorkoff 822-6973 BioSciences Room 2362
Notify supervisor (or Department) immediately.
Report injury to one of the Local First Aid Attendants (see
above) as soon as possible for completion of Departmental Treatment Record
Sheet entry. If an employee visits a doctor or takes time off from work
due to a work related injury, the University must send a Form 7 to the WCB
within 3 days. Supervisors are to send the completed Form 7 to the Health,
Safety and Environment Department when the injury is reported. Obtain blank
forms from, the Zoology Finance Office (822-4265) or the Local First Aid
Attendants (see above).
NOTES:
The security Manager, in consultation with the RCMP and Building/Department Head(s), will give the order to evacuate the building if necessary.
If you are inside a building:
If you are outside a building:
After the Quake:
Call RCMP: 224-1322. The RCMP will notify BC Tel if required.
Call advisors at 822-6353.
For information about the organization of the BioSciences Building Evacuation Procedures, Area Supervisors and Floor Wardens, call Kathy Gorkoff, Zoology (2-6973).
Please ensure that taps are not capable of suck-back by making sure the end of any hose or tubing attached to a tap is not resting in a pool of liquid or where a pool is likely to form. Failure to do so might cause suck-back if the system water pressure drops and the building water supply (including drinking water) might become contaminated with toxins from the lab.
Reciprocal Safety Inspections will be performed by representatives appointed by the Lab/Workplace Supervisors according to the following schedule. Inspection sheets with instructions will be circulated to Lab/Workplace Supervisors just prior to the month due.
| Content of Inspection (approximate time needed) |
Month Due |
|---|---|
Snapshot (25 min.) + Chemical Storage (20 min.) |
January |
Snapshot (25 min.) + Fixtures (15 min.) |
May |
Snapshot (25 min.) + Radioisotopes (10 min.) |
September |
The Department of Zoology Safety Committee will be responsible for any follow-ups
to these Reciprocal Safety Inspections and for inspecting Departmental common
areas.
For more information about general Laboratory/Shop Safety call the UBC Department of Health, Safety and Environment (2-2029) or contact a member of the Zoology Safety Committee.
Post the "No Eating, Drinking or Smoking" sign in each laboratory.
Mount the UBC Emergency Numbers yellow sticker and UBC Emergency Information
poster near the phone(s) or the room entrance(s) and ensure that they are
visible.
For more information call the UBC Occupational Hygiene Officer, David Bell, HS&E (2-2643).
Please ensure that the following kinds of Personal Protective Equipment are available, in good condition and properly used in each lab or workplace where appropriate:
For more detailed procedures see Hazardous Waste Disposal Summary -- BioSciences Building (section below).
The Zoology Basic First Aid Kit is found in most Departmental labs/workplaces and vehicles. It is to be used with caution and only after following the instructions under the section EMERGENCY FIRST AID (see above). Each Kit should contain a copy of the "EMERGENCY FIRST AID ... Call 2-4444 ..." instruction sheet.
The Zoology Basic First Aid Kit is intended for the Lab and other Workplaces
on Campus and Departmental Vehicles. Please take a larger kit if you are
doing field work.
Contents of Zoology Basic First Aid Kit
Adapted from Occupational First Aid Regulations, WCB of BC,
1994 with the assistance of UBC Health, Safety & Environment and the
UBC Fire Hall.
For more information about general Laboratory/Shop Safety contact the UBC Department of Health, Safety and Environment (2-2029) or a member of the Zoology Safety Committee.
For more information about Fume Hood Safety call the UBC Occupational Hygiene Officer, David Bell, HS&E (2-2643).
Please ensure that the Fume Hood sash height is kept at or
below the minimum level. This level should be marked either by: red arrows
if carcinogens or radioisotopes are used in the hood, or blue arrows for
general hood usage.
For more information or to have your Laminar Flow Hood checked please call the UBC Biosafety Officer (HS&E), Bruce Andersen (2-7596).
For Asbestos removal or identification call Nairn Hay, UBC Asbestos Group, HS&E (2-8771).
For more information call the UBC Chemical Safety Officer (HS&E), Donna Ashick, (2-5909).
For information about Transportation of Dangerous Goods call
Donna Ashick, HS&E (2-5909). At present there is no one in the BioSciences
Building to provide this service.
All machinery and equipment must have guards which provide adequate protection against contact with the moving parts, or which prevent access to the danger areas during operation.
Oxygen from the atmosphere will readily collect in a vessel at liquid Nitrogen temperatures. A dangerous situation in vacuum systems occurs when the system is open to the atmosphere while liquid Nitrogen is still surrounding a trap. Oxygen collects in the trap. If the system is then closed, and the nitrogen is either removed, or allowed to evaporate away naturally, the liquid oxygen in the trap evaporates, and fills the system with oxygen gas at a possible high pressure. This can result in the explosion of the system, the blowing out of stop cocks, or the explosion of the backing pump if this oxygen is pumped through the oil on the resumption of operations.
Somewhat the same situation has occurred during the use of other gases which will condense at liquid Nitrogen temperatures, such as argon, methane, etc.; pumping oxygen through conventional pump oils can result in a violent explosion. Special pump oil is available for this process.
In transferring liquid nitrogen through copper pipes, oxygen may condense on the 50-litre storage dewars for liquid Nitrogen, accumulate appreciable oxygen in a few days; dewars being moved around the building should be chained to the hoist to prevent breakage.
Wires and water hoses must not be laid across the floor in places where they are likely to cause someone to trip or pull the cable or hose out of place.
This brief summary does not replace the one-time compulsory training session "Introduction to WHMIS in Zoology" which is offered each year in September. A Supplement (Revised September 1995) which is intended to help bridge the gap between attending the training session and using WHMIS in the workplace available from the Zoology WHMIS Coordinator, Harold Kasinsky (2-2960).
To obtain assistance with WHMIS labels (including Workplace labels available in Stores), for help locating and interpreting MSDSs and to discuss safe working procedures for specific materials, call the Zoology WHMIS Coordinator: Harold Kasinsky (2-2960)
To obtain a copy of the Supplement to "Introduction to WHMIS in Zoology"
contact the above Zoology Coordinator. This Supplement should help with
the classification of WHMIS-Controlled products and with checking and interpreting
WHMIS labels and MSDSs and is specific to the BioSciences Building.
To obtain MSDSs not available in BioSciences, printouts of MSDSs from CD-ROMs,
WHMIS Upgrade Labels, information on details of WHMIS legislation and information
on properties of chemicals including First Aid measures, call the UBC WHMIS
Coordinator & Chemical Safety Officer: Donna Ashick (2-5909), Department
of Health, Safety & Environment
It is the law in Canada that every person working with hazardous materials be provided with information through WHMIS labels, Material Safety Data Sheets and worker education. It is the objective of the Department of Zoology that all Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students and Undergraduates attend on a one-time basis the instructional session "Introduction to WHMIS in Zoology", that each individual be provided with sufficient resources to develop a working knowledge of WHMIS, that the working environment in the Department encourages and supports such acquisition of WHMIS knowledge and ability and that the Department assess worker WHMIS knowledge and ability by means of the Zoology WHMIS Coordinators and Safety Committee inspection procedures.
It is UBC policy that every person who works with hazardous materials such as in the laboratory is strongly encouraged to take the Chemical Safety Long Course (with practical session) or Short Course (without practical session) offered by the Department of Health, Safety and Environment. (These courses are offered five times a year; the next is in January 1996.)
Once you have attended the one-time compulsory training session "Introduction to WHMIS in Zoology" (which is usually given in September each year) and read the Supplement to it, the only way to obtain a working knowledge of the System is to read Laboratory Supply House Labels (especially on new chemicals from Canadian suppliers), to practice interpreting MSDSs and to learn to make Workplace Labels as needed.
The objective of the Zoology WHMIS Program is to enable all Faculty, Staff
and Students who work in a lab or any other place in the Department where
hazardous materials occur to assess risks associated with those materials.
All people who work in Zoology should be able to answer general questions
from WCB Inspectors about the MSDSs and Label that comprise the System as
well as specific questions about materials on site in the workplace, their
associated hazardous properties, precautions and special information to
tell a First Aid Attendant if necessary.
All chemicals in original Laboratory Supply House containers including ones from U.S. Suppliers must have WHMIS labels complete with the following five items:
The Workplace label is a simplified form of the Laboratory
Supply House Label.
By law, a manufacturer or supplier of any chemical or material used in the workplace must provide a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). These are usually collected by the Department and made available in the following locations in BioSciences:
If you cannot locate the MSDS you need in BioSciences, call
the Zoology or UBC WHMIS Coordinators. It is a good idea to have a copy
of the MSDS on site for the more hazardous chemicals in your inventory.
In addition to the general rules given below, please refer to "Examples of Incompatible Chemicals" for additional precautions.
WARNING: For a list of "Potentially Explosive Chemicals" refer to the following section. Also watch out for the phrases Dangerously Reactive and WHMIS Class F on the chemical labels and the MSDSs.
Handle such items with caution. For information about the properties of
a chemical refer to the MSDS and call Donna Ashick, UBC Chemical Safety
Officer, HS&E (2-5909). For information about the disposal of potentially
explosive chemicals call Ron Aamodt (2-6306). Such items may need to be
picked up directly from your lab or workplace -- do not take them to the
loading dock Room 1 for pick-up without prior approval. Follow Disposal
instructions explicitly.
Do not handle containers of Picric Acid without instruction from the Laboratory or Workplace Supervisor and/or Ron Aamodt, HS&E (2-6306). Do not store Picric Acid unless the water content is at least 50%.
Store Aqueous Perchloric Acid on a glass or ceramic catching tray or dish capable of holding a volume greater than that of the acid. (Anhydrous Perchloric Acid should not be stored.)
For more information call the UBC Radiation Safety Officer, Craig Smith (2-7052).
TLDs (Thermoluminescent Dosimeters) used to monitor exposures are provided by the Department as needed. Contact Allen Handley (2-4691) to order one. If you are not sure whether you need one call Craig Smith (2-7052).
Only holders of current UBC Radioisotope Licenses are permitted to procure radioactive materials. The license clearly indicates which isotopes may be purchased, how much isotope may be purchased and also the permissible uses of that material. It is the responsibility of the Radioisotope Licensee to ensure that all License requirements are maintained by all people working under the License.
In order to work with Radioisotopes at UBC you must have taken and passed the course "UBC Radionuclide Safety and Methodology". Be sure to keep the associated manual as a reference.
The Radioisotope Licensee must ensure that the following labels, documents and signs are posted and that the rules thereon are followed:
The Radioisotope Licensee must ensure that the following records about radioisotope
use are kept and ensure that they are available for inspection upon short
notice (for copies of suitable record-keeping forms, call Craig Smith, 2-7052):
purchases usage disposal contamination control.
                     
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