Laboratory Safety Information

UNC-Chapel Hill Take Time for Safety
North Carolina State U Safe High Pressure Operations
North Carolina A&T State U Comprehensive CO2 Phase Data
U Texas-Austin Good Laboratory Practices
Georgia Tech MSDS Information
Other General Information

UNC-Chapel Hill

Fire & medical emergencies 911                        24 hours
Work related injuries 966-9119
966-7890  

8:30AM-4:30PM
after hours
NC Poison Center 1-800-84TOXIN
1-800-848-6946		 24 hours
Health & Safety Office 962-5507 8:00AM-5:00PM
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UNC-CH safety website

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UNC-CH lab manual

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Venable Evacuation Plan (It is recommended that you print this for rapid access in case of emergency)

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North Carolina State University

Fire & medical emergencies 515-3333 24 hours
Pressure vessel safety questions 513-1422 8:30AM-5:00PM
Health & Safety Office 515-6858 8:30AM-5:00PM
NC Poison Center  1-800-84TOXIN
1-800-848-6946		 24 hours
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North Carolina A&T State University

All Emergencies 334-7675 24 hours
NC Poison Center 1-800-84TOXIN
1-800-848-6946		 24 hours

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University of Texas-Austin

Fire and medical emergencies 9-911 24 hours
Health & Safety Office 471-3511
University police 471-4441
Poison Center 1-800-POISON1
1-800-764-7661		 24 hours
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UT-Austin lab safety

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Georgia Tech

Fire and medical emergencies 894-2500 24 hours
Student Health Center 894-2584  
Poison Center 1-800-84TOXIN
1-800-848-6946		 24 hours
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Georgia Tech safety website                      

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Take Time for Safety
Before undertaking any experiment, take a minute to consider hazards:

A.  Are you Aware of safe operating and emergency procedures?

B.  Body position is key.  Are you at risk?  Are you lifting something awkwardly? etc.

C.  Co-worker input and assistance may save your life!  Make sure she/he is aware of the hazards of your operations and that you’re aware of theirs.

D.  Don’t bypass safety Devices

E.  Energy, stored, (pressure, electrical, potential, chemical, etc.) can be hazardous.  Use proper personal protective Equipment.

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Safe High-Pressure Operations

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High Pressure Safety Video (streaming file requires Real Player)

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Overnight Reaction Form

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Tips for Safe High Pressure Operations

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Lawrence Livermore On-Line Course

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Good Laboratory Practices

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Best Safety Practices

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Material Safety Data Sheets* (MSDS)

If that doesn’t work try http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html

Also check out the MSDS Section of the NCSU Safety Website

For the DeSimone Lab

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Other Useful Links

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Government safety links*

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Commercial safety links*

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Hazardous chemicals archives

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* These links courtesy of Kansas State University

last update: May 19, 2005