Environmental Health & Safety

Part X - Record Keeping, Review and Update of Chemical Hygiene Plan

 

A.Recordkeeping

1. Exposure evaluation

Any records of exposure evaluation carried out by individual departments (including continuous monitoring systems) will be kept within the department and also sent to the Department of Environmental Health and Safety. Results of exposure evaluations carried out by designated consultants or university personnel will be kept by EH&S and sent to the chairperson of the affected department. Raw data should be kept for one year and summary data will be retained for the term of employment plus 30 years.

2. Medical consultation and examination

Results of medical consultations and examinations will be kept by the Human Resources Office for a length of time specified by the appropriate medical records standard. This time will be at least the term of employment plus 30 years as required by OSHA.

3. Training

Individual employee training should be documented and kept in the individual's department for five years. These forms may be audited by the Department of Environmental Health & Safety.

B. Review and Update of Chemical Safety Plan


On an annual basis, this Chemical Safety Plan will be reviewed and evaluated for effectiveness by the Department of Environmental Health and Safety and updated as necessary. Any changes in the Chemical Safety Plan will be transmitted to academic and non-academic departmental laboratory safety officers who are responsible for carrying out a similar review and modification of their plans.


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