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State of Colorado Science Safety Requirements for Schools
Rules and Regulations Governing Schools in Colorado. This is published by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Chapter 8 is written for lab sciences, along with the Prohibited and Restricted Chemicals lists in the Appendix. To read this file, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. Rules and regs-schools CO.pdf
Your school can expect a visit sometime from an inspector from CDPHE or your county's Public Health and Environment office, a branch of CDPHE. The inspectors use a field guide based upon Rules and Regulations Governing Schools in the State of Colorado. To know what inspectors are looking for, download a copy of the School Laboratory and Vocational Area Inspector's Field Guidebook.
The following documents supplement Rules and Regulations Governing Schools in the State of Colorado. You should have copies for your Safety Manual.
Explosive+Top40.pdf
Haz Waste Questions.pdf
Rec Proced Chem Inventory.pdf
SelfAsssessment.pdf
HazMat Vendor Lst 5-10-02rev b.pdf Links to Federal Regulations (in each case go to www.osha.gov, and search on the standard number, e.g., 1910.1450)
29 CFR 1910.1450: Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories. (The Laboratory Standard)
29 CFR 1910.1200: Hazard Communications (HazCom)
CFR 1910.1030: Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
Green Chemistry Resources
Some Other Resources
Science Safety Handbook for California Public Schools. This is one of the best school science handbooks I have found. csmp.ucop.edu/csp/downloads/safety.pdf
Science and Safety: Making the Connection. The Council of State Science Supervisors has an excellent small handbook called "Science and Safety: Making the Connection" that you can download at csss.enc.org/safety.htm
Chemical Safety for Teachers and Their Supervisors, Grades 7 - 12. This booklet, published by the American Chemical Society, is available free (one copy) by calling 800-227-5558. But you can download the pdf file. Note the importance of getting your administration involved in science safety issues! membership.acs.org/c/ccs/pub_1.htm
And some excellent books to make part of your science safety library
Kwan, Terry, and Juliana Texley, Inquiring Safety: A Guide for Middle School Teachers, NSTA, 2003.
National Research Council, Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling
and Disposal of Chemicals, National Academy Press, 1995.
Stricoff, R. Scott, and Douglas B. Walters, Handbook of Laboratory Health
and Safety, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995
Texley, Juliana, Terry Kwan, and John Summers, Investigating Safely: A
Guide for High School Teachers, NSTA, 2004.
Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories, vols. 1 and 2, American
Chemical Society, 2003. (First copy free by calling 800-227-5558)
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