DEAS/Physics Safety Committee

Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Noon-1:00PM

1. Video - "Keeping Compressed Gases Under Control" by Matheson (18 minutes)

Peter Pershan commented that all new students working around gas cylinders should see this video. Lenny Solomon reminded the Committee that we offer compressed gas training in the Spring Seminar Series and this video can be borrowed from the Safety Committee library of books and videos.

2. 2000/2001 Lab Inspection Schedules - Team Chairs

Team # 5 has not submitted a schedule to inspect the Jefferson Labs. Hasan Guzel will be replacing Chavva Reddy as the Chair for this inspection team and will be scheduling the inspection.

Chavva Reddy is finishing up at Harvard and is now seeking employment. Wei Yi will now be the representative for the Narayanamurti lab.

3. 2000/2001 Lab Inspection Report Schedule

The inspection teams are requested to present their inspection reports to the Safety Committee during the monthly meeting as indicated below.

Reports due at:

• February meeting - 2/14:
  • Team 1 (McKay 1-3, Yuki)
  • Team 2 (McKay 4-5, Derek)
  • Team 4 (Lyman, Steve)
• March meeting - 3/14:
  • Team 3 (Cruft/Pierce, Ce)
  • Team 6 (ESL/HEPL, Andrea)
  • Team 7 (Link, Bivash)
• April meeting - 4/11:
  • Team 5 (Jefferson, Hasan)
  • Team 8 (Maxwell/Dworkin, Chip)

4. Summer Lab Inspection Follow-up Reports

• Venky Lab - Chavva Reddy was not present to give a report. Lenny gave a printed copy of the inspection report to Wei Yi.
• Mazur Lab - Nan Shen reported that everything had been fixed or taken care of. The fire extinguisher was inspected; bottles were moved; respirator is not needed. There is no respirator in the lab.
• Paul Group - Dawen Pang reported after the meeting that everything has been taken care of in her area.
• Gabrielese Group - the access sheets have been updated; a spill kit has been installed; fire extinguisher was inspected; safety shower was taken care of.

5. EH&S Report - Mike Labosky

• OSHA Ergonomics Rule - Employers must have a program to address ergonomics issues in the workplace by October 2001. EH&S will be reporting on how this will affect Harvard University.
• OSHA inspected the Harvard dental services work space. Harvard received a $3,000 fine and citations on four problems. This is a reminder to pay attention to safety procedures in your labs.
• D.O.T. shipping - There will be training for DOT shipping regulations on January 17th at 1:30-3:30pm in the Operations Center at 1 Oxford Street (in the Science Center).

6. Hazardous Waste Training Report - Rob Stanhope

Rob reported that many people have not conpleted their online retraining despite repeated reminders via email. He announced several names of people who are due for January retraining. Rob and Lenny asked the Safety Reps to check the training database on our web site and verify that everyone in their group is listed.

7. Old Business

• On-line Laser Safety Training: Status Report - Rob Stanhope reported that he has completed the video capturing for both the 1999 and 2000 filmings. He is now working on the storyboard for the video project.
• New Experiments - none mentioned.
• Steve Shepard asked which rooms the inspection teams would need to inspect. Lenny said he would email the teams the reports from past years to use as a room guide.
• Stuart McNeil commented that the floor plans that are posted on our web site should not be available to the public. Lenny said he would discuss this with him after the meeting.
• Phosphine - there will be a small meeting to finalize work on the phosphine issue in the Thaddeus Lab on January 18th at 10:00am.

8. New Business - none

Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 14th, 12:00 noon, Maxwell/Dworkin 119