Lab Safety Checklist printable pdf download

Lab Safety Checklist for:

(New Hire)……………..

N.B. Lab Safety Training is mandatory for anyone working in a Harvard lab.

You can sign up at or

You will need your ID and PIN to do this.

Safety and Emergency Response Chart: Make sure it is filled out and posted

by lab exit door.

EH&S Emergency Guide:

On site emergency procedure: see Safety Emergency Response Chart for

phone numbers.

Or: Dial 0 or 2600 (front desk) or 9-911

Chemical Spills: Spill kits located on third floor store room (where chemical

storage rooms are); for hard to handle spills see onsite safety officer Diane

Schaak, or call EH&S for assistance: 617-495-5560.

For fire suppression system(s) using halon: Follow instructions posted by

halon control station on wall by lab exit door.

Fire alarm procedure: proceed outside through entrance by guard station

and await further instructions.

First Aid Supplies & Locations: Stations located on each floor. For

emergency dial 9-911

contact front desk by dialing 0

AED located near mailboxes on ground floor.

Safety eye goggles and glasses (and any other Personal Protective

Equipment - PPE) available from Michael Burns and/or Diane Schaak and

should be worn routinely.

Eye Washes – By sink; Run every week for 1 minute to keep clean of

microbes and particulate matter.

Showers: know where the nearest one is located in case needed quickly in

an emergency.

“No food/drink” signs posted on refrigerator.

Chemical Storage protocols: Label date received on all chemicals; store in

appropriate cabinets; store hazardous chemicals (i.e. acids, bases, organics)

in secondary containers (recommended but not mandated).

Chemical Waste protocols: label with hazardous waste tags; must be stored

in secondary containers. Okay to store in same cabinets as other chemicals

as long as the waste container is in its own secondary container. Disposal:

Bring waste chemicals, properly labeled, to loading dock and place in

chemical storage cabinets (Joe Fitzgerald has key for these cabinets. If Joe

not present, see Diane Schaak)

MSDS data sheets handling: file recommended, but not mandated; there are

files of MSDS sheets available in the library, if necessary.

Lab Safety Checklist