Online Safety Data Sheets

Safety Video:  "To be (Safe) or not to be"

The Chemistry Department is a dynamic, growing department with a strong commitment to provide a safe and healthy environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors. We believe that safety education is an integral part of "learning" chemistry.

Department Safety Policy

• Safety Policy

General Laboratory Safety Information

• Annual Lab Safety Refresher Training
• Laboratory Safety Handbook
• Glove and Lab Coat Use in Common Areas
• Chemistry Teaching Lab Safety Rules

Emergency Procedures

• Spill response (pdf format)
• Personnel injury (pdf format)
• Facility emergency (pdf format)
• Emergency egress (pdf format)

CWU Safety Training Resources

• ACS Guidelines for Chemical Laboratory Safety
• Hazard Communication Program
• ChemSafetyPRO
• Chemistry SOP template
• Unattended Experiment Form
• How to read an SDS
• NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards
• CUNY lab safety tutorial
• Resources for P.I.s (UC Center for Laboratory Safety)
• Guide to glove selection
  (Ansell "Chemical Resistance Guide")
• The proper way to remove disposable gloves (pdf format)

Additional safety links

• SDS sites
• Government agencies
• Good university safety sites