Management System: Worker Safety and Health
Subject Area: Chemical Safety VIEW/PRINT ALL (No Exhibits and Forms)
Effective Date: Jan 4, 2013 (Rev 17.0) Periodic Review Due: Feb 25, 2016	Subject Matter Expert: Robert Selvey	Management System Executive: Ed Nowak	Management System Steward: George Goode II

Introduction

This subject area provides requirements and guidance for all users of chemicals at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Compliance with these requirements ensures that BNL workers and guests are provided safe workplaces and healthy environments.

This subject area also serves as an essential component of the BNL work planning and control requirements for work involving chemicals. These chemical safety requirements address training, selection, use and handling, storing, transporting (on-site and off-site), and disposal in a manner that meets Laboratory expectations.

Contents

Section	Overview of Content (see section for full process)
1. Planning, Acquiring, Storing, Synthesizing, Transporting, and Using Chemicals	Categorize work areas/operations involving chemicals. Plan work to ensure compliance with work planning and control CHP. Determine environmental impact. Purchase chemicals through approved acquisition process. Conduct hazardous chemical operations in compliance with requirements. Ensure that employees report to the OMC for required medical surveillance when exposure exceeds regulatory limits.

 

Definitions

Exhibits

BNL Chemical Storage Recommendations
Chemical Hygiene Plan
Chemical Resistance Chart
Designated Area Posting
HF Burn First Aid Directions
Permanent Procedure for Interim Administrative Controls in Case of Eyewash or Safety Showers Pathway Deficiencies
Personal Protective Equipment Requirements for Working with Chemicals

Forms

HF Burn Kit Inspection Form
Unattended Chemical Experiment Form and Instructions

Training Requirements and Reporting Obligations

This subject area contains training requirements. See the Training and Qualifications Web site.

This subject area does not contain reporting obligations.

External/Internal Requirements

Requirement Number	Requirement Title
10 CFR 851	Worker Safety and Health Program
20 CFR Parts 1 and 30 (EEOICPA)	Interim Final Rule Implementing the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA)
29 CFR 1910	Labor/Occupational Safety and Health Standards
29 CFR 1926	Labor/Safety and Health Regulations for Construction
40 CFR 370	Protection of the Environment/Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Community Right-to-Know
ACGIH TLVs	Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents
BSA Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 - Clause H.3 (Contractor Assurance System)	Contractor Assurance System
BSA Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 - Clause I.119 (DEAR 970.5223-1)	Integration of Environment, Safety and Health into Work Planning and Execution (DEC 2000)
BSA Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 - Clause I.42 (FAR 52.223-3)	Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data (Jan 1997) (Alt I Jul 1995)
DOE-STD-1066-99	Fire Protection Design Criteria
O 151.1C	Comprehensive Emergency Management System
O 414.1D (Apr 25, 2011)	Quality Assurance

References

29 CFR 1910.1200, Hazardous Communication Standard

29 CFR 1910.1450, Occupational Exposures to Hazardous Materials in Laboratories

29 CFR 1910 OSHA Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances, Table Z-1 Limits for Air Contaminants

Additional Chemical Information (Chemicals Program Area Web page), Safety and Health Services Division Web site

Additional Medical Surveillance (AMS) Form, Occupational Medicine Clinic (OMC) Web site

Approach to Nanomaterial ESH Interim Procedure

Beryllium Subject Area

Business Systems Division (BSD) Chemical Management System (CMS) Web page

CMS Inventory Reports and Queries

CMS Chemical Registration Form

CMS Vendor Web Pages

Chemical Management System (CMS) Web site

Compressed Gas Cylinders and Related Systems Subject Area

Cryogenics Safety Subject Area

Chemical Hazards at BNL, Chemical Management System (CMS) Web site

Document Control Subject Area

Emergency Preparedness Subject Area

Environmental Management System Management System Description

Fire Safety Subject Area

Hazardous Waste Management Subject Area

Job Assessment (JAF) & Additional Medical Surveillance (AMS) Forms, Occupational Medicine Clinic Home page

Lab Coat Ordering and Laundering exhibit, Personal Protective Equipment and Respirators Subject Area

Liquid Effluents Subject Area

Material Safety Data Sheet Search (MSDS)*

Movement by Vehicle of Hazardous and Radiological Materials On-site Subject Area

Nanoscale Particle ESH Subject Area

Occupational Medicine Clinic (OMC) Web site

Personal Protective Equipment and Respirators Subject Area

Pressure Safety Subject Area

Signs, Placards, and Labels for Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) Hazards Subject Area

Solid Medical Waste Disposal Procedures

Spill Response Subject Area

Storage and Transfer of Hazardous and Nonhazardous Materials Subject Area

Training and Qualifications Web site

Transportation of Hazardous and Radiological Materials Off-site Subject Area

Using Controlled Substances in Research Subject Area

Web Transactions and Forms Web page, Chemical Management System (CMS) Web site

What Chemicals Need to Be Inventoried in the CMS

Work Planning and Control for Experiments and Operations Subject Area

*Access limited to BNL staff and authorized non-BNL staff.

Standards of Performance

All staff and guests shall comply with applicable Laboratory policies, standards, and procedures, unless a formal variance is obtained.

Managers shall analyze work for hazards, authorize work to proceed, and ensure that work is performed within established controls.

All staff and users shall identify, evaluate, and control hazards in order to ensure that work is conducted safely and in a manner that protects the environment and the public.

All staff and users shall ensure that they are trained and qualified to carry out their assigned responsibilities, and shall inform their supervisor if they are assigned to perform work for which they are not properly trained or qualified.

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