Chemical Hygiene Plan and Safety Manual - LP3003.6

Section III: General Chemical Safety

2 3 3 Chemical Storage:

2 3 3 1 See LP3012 Appendix D: Proper Chemical Storage for chemical storage locations

2 3 3 2 All chemicals in GHS flammable categories 1-4 are required to be stored in a flammable cabinet

2 3 3 3 All acids will be stored in the acid cabinet

2 3 3 4 All bases will be stored in a separate safety cabinet from acids and solvents

2 3 3 5 All reactive, toxic and corrosive chemicals will be stored in a safety cabinet

2 3 3 6 Dry chemicals can be stored in general storage cabinets as long as they don’t have a low category value in any GHS hazard class The storage of these chemicals is at the discretion of the CHO and Quality Department

2.3.4 Chemical Disposal:

2.3.4.1 LF2021 Stock Chemical Logbook, under the Chemical Inventory ID tab, will have information on the hazard of each chemical, as well as the SDS

2.3.4.2 Innocuous chemicals can be disposed of down the drain.

2.3.4.3 Hazardous chemical waste must be disposed of in proper waste receptacles, and either neutralized/decontaminated to be disposed of down the drain or removed by a chemical waste removal company.

2.3.4.3.1 The disposition of waste by a chemical waste removal company must be documented via LF3001 Chemical Disposition Logbook.

3.0 References / Cross-References

3 1 LP3012 Appendix D: Proper Chemical Storage

3 2 LF2021 Stock Chemical Logbook

3 3 LF3001 Chemical Disposition Logbook