Highly Hazardous Chemical Purchasing Flow Chart
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1Highly Hazardous Chemical Purchasing Flow Chart
User re – evaluates
Chemical User
lab safety
determines need to
measures and
purchase hazardous
determines
chemical
necessary controls
Is chemical a High Hazard Chemical?
High hazard chemicals include, but are not limited to:
•
Chemicals listed as Acutely Hazardous Waste
•
Chemicals regulated by Homeland Security
under the CFATs regulations
Explosives
•
No
•
Particularly Hazardous Substances (select
carcinogens, reproductive toxins, and
substances with a high degree of acute
toxicity)
Peroxide-formers
•
•
Pyrophoric Chemicals
•
Toxic and Corrosive Gases
Yes
Chemical User completes the
Hazardous Chemical Order
Request form and sends to US&A
at
safety-office@uwm.edu
and
their Department
US&A does not
US&A contacts
approve the
the Chemical
purchase and
User; evaluates
notifies the
lab safety
Chemical User
measures
US&A approves the purchase
& notifies Chemical User and
Department
Order placed through
Department
chemical purchasing
procedure
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