UCSB Environmental Health & Safety
Revised 9/2013
LABORATORY WORKER SAFETY:
TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT and DOCUMENTATION
(completion and filing of this form for each supervisee is the responsibility of the laboratory supervisor)
Instructions: under CA law and UC policy, lab supervisors are responsible for ensuring that their workers have received
documented safety training. Particularly, for: new employees; employees given new job assignments for which documented training
has not previously been received; whenever new hazards are introduced, or recognized. Training can be formal or informal, and
individual or group-based. This form serves two purposes relative to the above requirements:
1. A place to complete a “Training Needs Assessment” for each supervisee to first identify what training is appropriate for that
individual. A formal assessment is required per the 2013
UC policy: Laboratory Safety Training
2. A place to document the training as it is completed.
Laboratory Worker Name: _____________________
Supervisor Name: _______________________________
1. On-Site Laboratory Safety Orientation (“day-one orientation”, per UC policy)
A. Emergency Procedures
Topic Covered
Training Topic
UCSB Emergency Information Flipchart: location/purpose – posted in every lab
Fire alarm pull station: Location of and how to activate
Emergency eyewash/shower: Location of and how to activate
First aid Kits: Locations of and contents
Building Emergency Assembly Point and routes of exit – see last pg. of Flipchart
UCSB Alert System (optional emergency texting system): purpose and enrollment process
B. Engineering Controls
NA:
Chemical fume hoods: Demo proper use and instruct on alarms/controls
NA:
Biological safety cabinets: Demo proper use and instruct on alarms/controls
NA:
Chemical storage: Locations of and segregation rules
NA:
Other engineering controls: glove boxes, gas cabinets, etc. – demo proper use
Describe:
C. Administrative Controls
NA:
Laboratory Safety Manual and Chemical Hygiene Plan: location & contents. See also pg. 3: Chemical Hazards.
NA:
(Material) Safety Data Sheets: Demo electronic or hard copy access to repository
D. Personal Protective Equipment
NA:
Lab coat and Eye protection: UC provided/fitted starting 2/14. Proper PPE will be determined and authorized via
online Laboratory Hazard Assessment Tool (LHAT)
NA:
Prescription safety glasses provided: Via optometrist (over-the-glasses goggles are another option)
NA:
Gloves: Provided by lab. Location of, knowledge to select correct type and how to properly don/doff.
NA:
Other PPE: Lab provided. Describe:
E. Waste Disposal
NA:
Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Sharps Disposal: Demo labeling/storage/pickup
F. Other
NA:
Describe:
Lab worker acknowledgement: I have been trained on, or provided with, all the above that are applicable to my work.
Lab worker signature: _____________________________
Date:_________________
Supervisor, or designated trainer signature: ______________________
Date:_________________
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