| The "PURDUE CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY MANUAL"
must be
customized for your laboratory
if it does not (as written) cover every hazardous chemical and/or
hazardous operation undertaken there.
In this sense it is to be regarded as a TEMPLATE. Read it carefully -- it contains guidance on what sort of operations or chemical handling SOPs might need to be added. Be aware that supervisors -- the people who direct research and/or hire and fire the staff and/or grad students -- are legally responsible for overseeing and ensuring compliance with this OSHA rule. And many others. The people at REM are available to help, but no one is better able to do it -- no one is likely to be better acquainted with the work and its hazards -- than the supervisor.
Summary of changes at release of 1999 version.
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