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Bringing Materials
As a prerequisite for work at
CHESS it must be established whether or not
hazardous materials are
involved. If such materials are to be brought to CHESS, certain
information must be provided and internal procedures followed before
actual beam-time is granted. These procedures involve two parts, (1)
those that must be completed well in advance of arrival at CHESS and
(2) those to be carried out when the hazardous material actually
arrives at CHESS. Upon submission of your proposal, any hazardous
or potentially hazardous, explosive, toxic, radioactive
materials, or radiation producing sources, must be declared and
submitted in writing for review by the CHESS
Safety Committee. The
following information is required for EACH MATERIAL.
1. Name of material (one form for
each material)
2. MSDS Sheet (MSDS
CHESS inventory)
3. Description of
substance (powder, liquid, solution etc.)
4. Amount (several
pounds, several micrograms)
5. Means of
containment (sealed in glass capillaries, flasks, encapsulated)
6. Toxicity routes
(ingestion, subcutaneous, absorption, inhalation)
7. Procedures in case
of emergency (clean-up, evacuation, emergency first-aid).
Especially useful to us are the
safety precautions your home institution requires or suggests in the
proper handling of the material and what actions should be taken in
the event of an emergency.
Proposals WILL NOT BE PROCESSED if they do not have
the appropriate
Hazardous
Materials,
Non-Hazardous
Materials,
Viral
Materials, or
Heavy
Atom Compounds Materials declaration forms attached. These forms
are also provided in the CHESS
proposal
package, or can be obtained from Proposal Administrator
Kathy Dedrick. If you have any questions about hazardous materials,
contact
Dana Richter
- 255-7163, CHESS Safety Committee Chairman.
Please do not bring the hazardous materials into the building before
you meet with a member of our Safety Committee. The operator on duty
will, upon your checking in, put you in contact with this person. In
certain instances (such as with gas cylinders) a preliminary
inspection will be required before entry of the material into the
building is allowed.
Last Update:
2008-04-03
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