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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:51:17 -0700
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From: Bruce Steele <bruce**At_Symbol_Here**OXY.EDU>
Subject: Re: transporting chemicals on the elevator
In-Reply-To: A
Jeff,
I do not ride with chemicals transported on
our
chemistry or biology building elevators. The 1960 elevator in the
chem.
bldg. has trapped riders once or twice in the last year. I would
not want
to be in that situation with just passive ventilation through minimal
slits in the car walls and have a carload of hazwaste or
off-gassing
cryogenic as a fellow passenger. It is only a 3 story building
w/basement
and the elevator is really slow, so I can walk down the adjacent steps
and make
sure no riders attempt to enter the elevator, as it travels to the
desired
destination floor. I teach this policy during training, but have
not
formalized it in the CHP Standard Operating Procedures or by posting
signage. Have to add that to my "to-do" list.
Thanks for asking the
question.
Bruce
Facilities - EH&S
Occidental College
1600 Campus Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
(323) 259-2933
I was wondering if anyone is aware of any
regulatory
guidelines pertaining to the transport of chemicals on elevators.
Especially liquid nitrogen, high pressure gas cylinders and highly
volatile
solvents.
If there are not any regulatory drivers…..do
any of you have
policies in place to instruct proper transport?
We only have one elevator in our science building
and people
regularly transport their chemicals using the elevator. We were
wondering
if we should require them to not ride with the chemicals.
I’d appreciate your thoughts.
This comes at a
time where we are trying to justify the cost of including a freight
elevator to
the design of a new science building….or…..to renovation
plans of our current
building.
Thanks
Jeff
Jeff
Gordon
Assistant
Lab Manager
/ Chemical Hygiene Officer
Division of
Natural
Sciences
Indiana
Wesleyan
University
4201 S.
Washington
St.
Marion, IN
46953
Email: jeff.gordon**At_Symbol_Here**indwes.edu
Phone:
765-677-1679
FAX:
765-677-2455
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