Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:41:28 -0500
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From: Andrew Gross <gross.drew**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: CHEMICAL STORAGE ROOMS LOCKED
In-Reply-To: <4C19C8025CB83F45ACC64989E065E0D926364CE6FA**At_Symbol_Here**MNMAIL02.ead.state.mn.us>

Unless your fighting your lab to lock an unlocked cabinet I would
answer common sense.

Plenty of classmates of mine store glassware from lab and made "bongs"
out of them.  Not the smartest move considering the unknowns that once
occupied that glassware.  Imagine now a "rocket scientist" who gains
access to the cabinet and thinks he is going to be the next tim leary.
 I would think that investing $5 on a good lock would just be good
sense...law or not.

-Andrew

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Amell, Diane (DLI)
 wrote:
> In a word, no. Most students do not fall under OSHA's jurisdiction, and
> there is no particular rule requiring that chemical storage be locked,
> anyway. That doesn't mean there aren't many reasons for locking storage
> areas (such as liability); OSHA just isn't one of them.
>
>
>
> - Diane Amell, MNOSHA
>
>
>
> From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of
> Laura Damon
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:53 AM
> To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu
> Subject: [DCHAS-L] CHEMICAL STORAGE ROOMS LOCKED
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> Is there a specific OSHA regulation that says that chemical storage (stock)
> rooms must remain locked (inaccessible to students)?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your replies.
>
>
>
> Laura Damon
>
> Flathead Valley Community College

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