Operations & Safety
Merkert化学中心的建筑运营和安全计划由我们的运营经理管理 & 安全主任，与大学相关部门和BCC部门委员会合作.
Building Operations
For all matters relating to Merkert building operations, facilities, renovations, work orders, building access and security, and safety matters, please contact Operations Manager Dr. Ian B. Parr. In these areas, the Operations Manager serves as liaison with the Facilities, Office of Environmental & Health Services (EHS), Space Management, Parking & Transportation, and Campus Police departments at Boston College.
Emergency Evacuation
The University and BCC have established programs: to provide department faculty, staff, and students with required training in laboratory and building safety; to formulate policies, procedures, and written plans for routine operations and emergency situations; and to oversee compliance with important federal, state and municipal regulations.
The Boston College Office of Environmental Health and Safety (OEHS) is currently housed in St. Clement’s Hall on Foster Street in Brighton. There are several safety committees on campus coordinated by the OEHS, including an executive Safety Oversight Committee, a University Chemical Hygiene Committee, a University Radiation Safety Committee, and an Institutional Biosafety Committee. BCC has representation on all of these committees.
BCC Department Safety Organization
The Operations Manager is BCC’s safety officer and chemical hygiene officer. In this role, 运营经理与OEHS合作，协调并促进部门遵守重要的大学政策和程序以及联邦法规, state, and municipal regulations, including training and inspections.
BCC research and teaching labs have "safety contacts". 电子游戏正规平台实验室的安全联系人通常是由学院首席电子游戏正规平台员指派的电子游戏正规平台生，以确保实验室符合日常安全实践和检查.
Contacts
Dr. Ian B. Parr, Operations Manager & Safety Officer
ian.parr.1@piebroscafe.com
617-552-2389
Merkert 125
Chemical Inventory/Safety Specialist
Dumazo Ngesina
dumazo.ngesina@piebroscafe.com
617-552-3608
Merkert 125
The Boston College Police Department (BCPD) is located at 21 Maloney Hall and is staffed twenty-four hours a day. 当发生火灾或火灾威胁时，他们负责对安全事故作出反应, injury, or a chemical spill requiring partial or complete building evacuation. BCPD’s emergency number is x 2-4444.
Safety
In a chemical laboratory setting, there are several categories of safety. Each category has some unique focus as well as areas of overlap with others. 每个类别都有一个或多个拥有既得利益的政府监管机构.
Background
人们早就意识到细菌和病毒对人体的危害. Some of these can be highly contagious and deadly. Another concern, more recent, 重组DNA的电子游戏正规平台引起了人们对修改DNA可能产生新危害的担忧. 1986年，美国国立卫生电子游戏正规平台院(NIH)制定了关于重组DNA实验的指导方针. State and local governments in many cases have adopted these guidelines, with or without modifications, as law. In the case of our department , the City of Boston requires modified compliance under the NIH guidelines.
Informational Resources
The Boston College Biological Safety Manual 可在环境健康与安全办公室的网站上查阅.
The Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan 可在环境健康与安全办公室的网站上查阅.
Background
联邦机构OSHA(职业安全与健康管理局)成立于1971年. 它的使命是保护在美国从事各种企业和行业工作的雇员的安全. As part of that mission, 1987年的危害沟通标准规定了雇员在工作场所了解化学危害的权利，以及工业管理部门帮助雇员适当避免过度接触化学危害的义务. (在此法案之前，许多州一级的“知情权”法律都是为了达到同样的目的。). 这一规定是由于越来越多的证据表明长期接触某些化学品会对健康造成严重危害, such as asbestos and formaldehyde. These laws were also stimulated by chemical industry accidents, 特别是博帕尔联合碳化物工厂大量释放的异氰酸甲酯, India in 1984, which resulted in many deaths.
Temporarily, chemical laboratories were exempted from the Hazard Communication Standard, 因为一个典型的化学实验室是一个各种各样的化学物质以相对较少的数量存在的地方，它的工作人员是在化学物质特性方面受过大量教育的科学家和技术人员. Eventually, 在危害沟通标准(俗称“实验室标准”)中增加了附录。. 本标准的关键部分是“化学卫生计划”，这是各组织(在我们的情况下)通过的文件, Boston College) defines, within a mandated framework, 它的科学实验室将如何运作，以保障实验室员工的健康和福祉. 根据定义，任何在实验室工作而获得工资或津贴的人都是雇员. Thus, the Boston College Chemical Hygiene Plan covers all faculty, staff, 在教学或电子游戏正规平台实验室工作的学生(本科生和电子游戏正规平台生)和博士后电子游戏正规平台人员. 因为在实验室工作的无薪学生和访客的环境和危险是一样的, the rules also apply to them, though the legal implications are not the same.
Informational Resources
The Boston College Chemical Hygiene Plan 可在环境健康与安全办公室的网站上查阅.
在主办公室有几份现场资料摘要: Hawley’s Condensed Chemical Dictionary and Lewis’s Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference.
Equipment Support
该部门为其电子游戏正规平台和教育人员提供了许多设备，以帮助他们安全和合规. Among them:
- Prescription safety glasses
(subsidized for lab staff, graduate students and post-doctoral researchers) - Visitor safety glasses
- Lab coats
(provided free of charge to incoming graduate students) - Broken glass containers
- Sharps containers
- Chemical waste containers
- Container labels
Informational Resources
The Boston College Lab Waste Management Plan is available for review.
Informational Resources
The Boston College Radiation Safety Plan 可在环境健康与安全办公室的网站上查阅.
Introductory Chemistry Safety Rules
- Wear approved eye protection in the laboratory continuously, even when not performing an experiment. This means eye covering which will protect against both impact and splashes. This is a state law. Do NOT wear contact lenses in the laboratory. If you wear prescription glasses in the lab, you must wear goggles over them. If you should get a chemical in your eye, wash it with flowing water from the eye wash for 15 minutes.
- Perform no unauthorized experiments. Horseplay, pranks and other acts of mischief will not be tolerated. No visitors are allowed in the laboratory.
- To prevent fire, keep flammable substances away from open flames, heat (this includes hot plates) and sparks. Do not place gas burners near wooden surfaces or compressed gas cylinders. In case of fire or accident, call the instructor at once. 注意安全淋浴和防火毯的位置，以便在需要时使用. If the fire alarm sounds, leave the building immediately. Do not use the elevator.
- You must go to the Infirmary, accompanied by someone, for treatment of cuts, burns or inhalation of fumes. Your instructor will arrange for transportation if needed. Any personal injury, regardless of how minor, must be reported.
- Do not taste anything in the laboratory. This applies to food as well as chemicals. 不要把实验室当作吃饭的地方，不要用实验室的玻璃器皿吃东西或喝水. Smoking and the application of cosmetics are also prohibited. Do not touch your mouth with your hands while you are in the laboratory. Wash your hands well before leaving the laboratory..
- 注意烟雾的气味，避免吸入任何种类的烟雾. Keep chemicals in the fume hood whenever indicated.
- NEVER use mouth suction to fill pipets with chemical reagents. Use a suction bulb or pipet pump.
- Do not force glass tubing into rubber stoppers. Lubricate with glycerin or water and protect your hands with a towel.
- Confine long hair and loose clothing when in the laboratory. Do NOT wear: open-toed shoes, nylon stockings or high heels. 还建议不要穿短袖衬衫、短裤和裙子. A laboratory apron is essential. 它们是防火的，可以保护你和你的衣服免受腐蚀性化学品的伤害. Wear gloves when working with corrosive or toxic chemicals. 如果您需要离开实验室(例如，去库房)，应摘下手套。.
- Never work in the laboratory alone or without the presence of a supervising instructor.
- Never leave heated laboratory reactions unattended. Beware of hot glass. It cools slowly and is identical in appearance to cold glass. 处理热玻璃时，一定要使用适当的设备(钳子、绝缘手套等).).
- Clean-up broken glass immediately with a dust pan and brush, and dispose of it in the proper waste box. Handle broken glassware with a towel or thick gloves. Glass tubing and rods must be fire polished. Do not subject a flask to sudden changes in temperature.
- Keep your work space uncluttered. Do not place coats, purses, 或者在实验室的工作台上或过道上放置背包——使用实验室指定的角落来存放这些物品. Keep drawers and cabinet doors closed while working. Do not place chemicals or equipment on the floor. Do not leave pipets sticking out of bottles, flasks or beakers.
- Assemble all required materials before beginning a task. Place glassware and equipment well back from the front edge of the lab bench.
- Mercury is toxic. 当水银温度计坏了的时候，打电话给你的指导老师，让他/她负责清理.
- Dispose of chemical wastes only as instructed. Never mix acid waste with organic waste.
- Clean up all chemical spills at once. Acid spills should be neutralized with sodium bicarbonate. 大量的自来水是所有化学物质泄漏到皮肤上的最好的急救方法, clothing and lab bench. If a large amount of corrosive material is spilled on your person, rinse it off under the safety shower. Notify your instructor.
- Do not "dry sweep" spilled solid material. Cover the solid with wet paper towels, and pick up the material. If the material is hazardous, dispose of the towels as a hazardous waste. Clean the area with soap and water.
- Always add acid to water; never water to acid. Use care and mix slowly.
- Avoid slipping hazards by picking up ice, stoppers, glass rods and other small objects from the floor.
- 收音机会让人分心，因此不允许在本科生实验室里使用.
- Do not handle electrical equipment with wet hands, while standing in water or leaning against a metal object or pipeline. Keep cords away from cabinets or drawers.
- Never remove chemicals from the laboratory.
- Be alert to unsafe conditions, and report them to the supervisor so that corrective action will be taken.
- Clean up lab bench area at the end of the lab period. Do not leave contaminated or dirty glassware or tools in the work area.
Prevent accidents by using common sense and being well-informed. 在进入实验室之前，仔细阅读每个实验，并仔细按照指示操作.
你的导师将每周通知你每个实验的具体安全隐患. Pay strict attention to these warnings in addition to the above rules.