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Instructions for Completing
Emergency Information Posters
Instructions (top)
- Posting/Review Dates: Indicate date
and initials of person preparing or reviewing the poster. The poster
should be reviewed every February and
September. Minor changes may be made directly on the poster. Replace
the poster every two years (and whenever there are significant changes
in hazardous materials or room layout).
- Responsible individuals: List the names
and hone numbers of the individuals responsible for and most familiar
with laboratory operations in this room.
- Room Diagram: Draw or reproduce a diagram
of the room. If there is another room accessible through this room,
show the door location and the room number. EHS can supply posters
with room diagrams printed on them. Contact Kelly States to request
pre-printed posters. Sketch appropriate furniture, fume hoods, lab
benches, storage cabinets, etc. in the room diagram.
- Hazard Class: Identify all hazardous
materials in the room. If the approximate total quantity of any class
of material exceeds the threshold quantity shown in the Hazardous
Material Classification Table, list that class (if more than one class
applies to a single material, list the lowest numbered class) on the
poster under “Hazard Class”. Indicate on the room diagram
the principal storage location(s) of each class listed. Where the
material is located in many locations in small quantities throughout
the room, indicate “various locations” in the Additional
Information column. (See sample poster).
- Additional Information: Comment here
on the primary location of the material, storage, conditions, unusual
hazards, and specific chemical names where appropriate. For example,
list chemical names of the most predominant flammable liquids. Do
not use symbols or abbreviations. (See sample poster).
- Post the original poster on or next
to the room entry door. If there is more than one main entry to the
room, post copies at each entry.
- Send one copy of new and revised posters
to Public Safety, 200 Elm Drive or fax to 258-1958. Do not
send a copy to EHS.
- Contact Joan Hutzly at
8-6251 for additional assistance regarding the completion of this
form.
Hazardous Materials Classification Table (top)
| DOT CLASS* |
DEFINITIONS |
THRESHOLD QUANTITY |
| 1. Explosives |
Any substance or article designed to function by
explosion (extremely rapid release of gas and heat). |
any |
| 2.1 Flammable Gas |
Any material which is a gas at 68° F or less
and 14.7 psi pressure which (1) is ignitable at 14.7 psi when in a
mixture of 13% or less by volume with air; or (2) has a flammable
range at 14.7 psi with air of at least 12% regardless of the lower
limit. |
any compressed gas cylinder
(exclude lecture bottles)
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| 2.2 Non-Flammable Gas |
Non-flammable, non-poisonous compressed gas including
compressed gas, liquefied gas, pressurized cryogenic gas,
compressed gas in solution, asphyxiant gas and oxidizing gas which
(1) exerts in the packaging an absolute pressure of 41 psi or greater
at 68° F, and (2) does not meet the definition of a flammable
or
poisonous gas. |
any compressed gas cylinder
(exclude lecture bottles)
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| 2.3 Poison Gas |
A material which is a gas at 68° F or less and
a pressure of 14.7 psi or less and which is known or presumed to be
so toxic to humans by inhalation as to pose a hazard to health. |
any compressed gas cylinder
(exclude lecture bottles)
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| 3.1 Flammable Liquid |
A liquid of having a flash point of not more than
100° F. |
10 Gallons |
| 3.2 Combustible Liquid |
A liquid of having a flash point of above 100°
F and below 200° F. |
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| 4.1 Flammable Solid |
Wetted explosives; self-reactive materials that
are thermally unstable and that can undergo a strongly exothermic
decomposition even without participation of air; and readily combustible
solids including those which may cause a fire through friction, show
a burning rate
faster than 2.2 mm per second, and ignitable metal powders. |
2 lbs |
| 4.2 Spontaneously Combustible |
A pyrophoric material that can ignite within 5 minutes
after coming in contact with air; and self-heating material that,
when in contact with
air, and without an energy supply, is liable to self-heat.
|
2lbs |
| 4.3 Dangerous When Wet |
A material that, by contact with water, is liable
to become spontaneously flammable or to give off flammable or toxic
gas at a
rate greater than 1 liter per kilogram of the material per hour. |
2lbs |
| 5.1 Oxidizer |
Any material that may yield oxygen, causing or enhancing
the combustion of other materials. |
40 lbs. or 5 gallons |
| 5.2 Organic Peroxide |
Any organic compound containing oxygen in the
bivalent-O-O-structure and which may be considered a derivative of
hydrogen peroxide, where one or more of the hydrogen atoms have
been replaced by organic radicals, unless the material is classified
as an explosive. |
2lbs |
| 6.1 Poisonous |
A chemical for which there is statisically significant
evidence based on at least one study conducted in accordance with
established
scientific principles that acute or chronic health effects may occur
in exposed employees. This includes chemicals which are carcinogenics,
toxic or highly toxic agents, reproductive toxins, irritants, sensitizers,
hepatotoxins, nephrotoxins, neurotoxins, agents which act on the hematopoietic
systems, and agents which damage the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous
membranes. |
any |
| 6.2 Infectious |
A viable microorganism, or its toxin, which causes
or may cause disease in humans or animals, or any other agent that
causes or may cause severe disabling or fatal disease. |
any |
| 7. Radioactive |
Materials regulated as radioactive materials under
state and federal licenses, including uranium and thorium compounds. |
any |
| 8. Corrosive |
A chemical that causes visible destruction of, or
irreversible alterations in, living tissue by chemical action at the
site of contact.
For example, when tested on the intact skin of albino rabbits, it
destroys or changes irreversibly the structure of the tissue at the
site of contact following an exposure period of four hours. Also a
liquid that has a severe corrosion rate on steel or aluminum. |
40 lbs. or 5 gallons |
| 9. Miscellaneous |
A material that presents a hazard, but which does
not meet the definition of any other hazard class. (Also, use this
class for electrical
equipment/apparatus with voltages higher than 240). |
user's judgment |
NOTE: DOT Classifications may be found on
shipping labels, container labels and in Material Safety Data Sheets
(MSDS). For additional information, refer to
DOT definitions in 49 CFR 173(c,d).
Sample Poster (top)
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