Chemical Hygiene Plan and Safety Manual - LP3002.5

Section II: General Laboratory Safety

personnel should have long hair secured and should not wear dangling or obstructive jewelry. Administrative employees are allowed to wear clothing that isn’t as protective, but will not be allowed in the laboratory area unless properly covered. Clothing that is prohibited for laboratory personnel include: open-toed shoes, pants that do not cover the legs or ankles, bare-midriff tops, skirts and dresses that are worn bare-legged. All personnel will be required to wear eye protection when in the laboratory area.

4.0 Laboratory Access

4.1 Visitors: Any non-laboratory personnel are required to sign in before entering the laboratory. Each visitor will be assigned a name badge. Most visitors will be asked to stay in the blue tiled areas of the laboratory to avoid any work benches or hazardous chemicals, and under supervision of Purity staff Visitors are required to wear protective eyewear When the visitor has completed his or her business in the laboratory, the visitor will need to sign out and return his or her name badge and any protective gear loaned

4 1 1 Non-laboratory personnel includes but is not limited to: visitors, vendors, volunteers, family, children, visiting scientists and instructors

4 2 Security: The main entrance to the laboratory is to remain unlocked during normal business hours which are Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm Access to the laboratory is only permitted to personnel or visitors that have signed in

4 2 1 The doors will all automatically lock at 4:30 pm on weekdays and remain locked until 8:00 am the following work day The doors will be locked all day on the weekends and holidays

4.3 Testing hours may be outside the span of normal business hours. If personnel are at the laboratory before or after normal business hours, the main entrance is to remain locked. All personnel working outside normal business hours are to be given a key card and security code to the main entrance.

4.4 The alarm is to be turned on by the last employee leaving the laboratory and disabled the next day by the first employee entering the laboratory. All approved employees will be trained how to arm and disarm the alarm system.

4 5 Alarm System:

4 5 1 Each employee will be given a key fob that has a unique identification number Human Resources controls all the key fobs and number assignments

4 5 2 To unlock the front door, wave the key fob in front of the security box adjacent to the door handle

4 5 3 When the red light flashes green, the door will be unlocked Once an employee enters through the door, the door will automatically close and re-lock

4 5 4 If there are problems with the alarm system, the employee is to contact the Chief Operating Officer