Hazardous Chemicals & Waste

Training

All laboratory personnel must complete an initial chemical hazard communication training upon hiring and an annual refresher. Both are completed online, on-demand. As part of the training, you will learn about the hazardous chemicals being used in your laboratory and what measures you should take to protect yourself from them.

To complete the training, please log into Skillsoft Percipio. Once logged in, click on “My Profile” (at top right of page) and select “compliance” from the drop-down menu. You’ll find the trainings under “Optional Compliance Assignments.” The initial training is titled “Hazard Communication.” The annual refresher training is listed as “Laboratory Safety Refresher.”

Resources

• Chemical hazard communications program (PDF)
• Safety standards for hazardous chemicals in laboratories – WAC296-828
• Incompatible chemical hazard groups (PDF)
• Secondary labeling plan (PDF)
• SOPs for laboratory waste disposal
• Waste management guide (PDF)

Forms & Templates

• Chemical waste collection form
• Shipping request form
  (For dry ice shipments, submit a completed shipping request form to Olga Shiva or Will Clegern 24 hours prior to desired ship date)
• Standard operation procedures templates for hazardous and particularly hazardous chemicals (Word doc)
• Printable dangerous waste label form – small
  (Word doc – for printing on 3-1/3 x 4” Avery labels)
• Printable dangerous waste label form – large, for containers > 4 liters
  (Word doc – for printing on 5-1/2 x 8-1/2″ Avery labels)
• Secondary label templates (Word docs, listed below)
  • Chronic toxin labels
  • Corrosives labels
  • Danger labels
  • Flammable labels
  • Nonhazardous labels
  • Not characterized labels
  • Oxidizer labels
  • Toxic labels
  • Warning labels
  • Warning-danger-nonhazardous labels, tall