safety and compliance

This laboratory safety guide was published by the CDC and NIOSH in 2006. It was written to provide high school chemistry teachers with an easy-to-read reference to create a safe learning environment in the laboratory. The document provides information to teachers, and ultimately their students, so that they can take the appropriate precautionary actions to prevent…

A simple template for a basic Chemical Hygiene plan developed for middle and high school labs and school districts. The website is available here .

This is a link to the Environmental Health and Safety Office of the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). Here you will find the essential directions and forms for creating a lab-specific Chemical Hygiene Plan in accordance with California - OSHA. The website is available here .

An all-inclusive OSHA website on safety and health issues that is intended primarily for industrial and commercial labs. A complete description of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and its provisions aimed at protecting employee health can be found here. Exempted from the rules are "workers who are self-employed and public employees in state and local…

This site contains the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) guide to managing the health and safety concerns associated with engineered nanomaterials. The document is a summary of NIOSH’s current thinking and interim recommendations on nanomaterials. It is also an appeal from NIOSH for all concerned to exchange information that will ensure that no…

This is a link to a high school science activity based on the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS, pronounced WI-miss). WHMIS provides health and safety information about hazardous materials. This system teaches what a product's hazards are, how we can protect themselves from exposure, and what to do in case of an emergency or a…