PAWS Tracking Results for Cycle 3 for 1999/2000



Item Number

Group Number

Date PAWS Form Filled Out

Unsafe Act / Situation / Suggestion

Action Taken/Safety Suggestion

Person Responsible

Open / Closed

Comments

Cycle 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

8B

12/9/99

The line that designates the XP zone is peeling and needs replacement

Told safety committee

 

Closed

 

2

6B

12/9/99

Bench PDMS Reaction has some chemicals on shelves that are not properly labeled 

Label chemicals

 

Closed

 

3

9B

12/9/99

At the single pass heat exchanger the gaskets on the ammonia cooler leak

replace gaskets/mop up floor during duration of lab

 

Closed

 

4

9B

12/9/99

One of the pail and scale barrels has a valve that is backwards right open left close

Fix it

 

Closed

 

5

5B

12/9/99

Sieve tray for rototap are bent and difficult to separate

Replace them

 

Closed

 

6

6B

12/9/99

Numerous item in first aid kits have expired

Replace 

Gasperich

Closed

 

7

5B

12/9/99

PDMS student wearing street shoes in lab

Asked him to put boots on

 

Closed

 

8

9B

12/9/99

Dgital thermometer has a low battery - in blue box in office 

Replace battery

 

Closed

 

9

6B

12/9/99

Member of group operating CSTR not wearing gloves when using NaOH

Told him to put on gloves

 

Closed

 

10

13B

12/16/99

PDMS spill by student onto desktop

Spill cleaned and properly disposed of

 

Closed

 

12

13B

12/16/99

Saw someone taking PDMS sample without insulated gloves

Told him to put on gloves

 

Closed

 

13

4B

12/16/99

LGI 128 (SOlvent Recovery) is hot 

please label 

 

Closed

 

14

13B

12/16/99

I saw a student in lab without safety glasses

Reminded him to put his safety glasses on

 

Closed

 

15

13B

12/16/99

Under the bench where PDMS visosity was being tested metal rollers that were stored there fell into someones leg

Moved roller gainst wall so they wouldn't fall again 

 

Closed

 

16

6B

12/16/99

PDMS paper towel dispenser fell off wall

Put dispenser back on wall

 

Closed

 

                 17

13B

12/16/99

Broken graduated cylander

Cleaned up and disposed of glass

 

Closed

 

18

10A

12/7/99

Single Pass Heat Exchanger leaks

Informed group to clean up as necessary

 

Closed

 

19

10A

12/7/99

Single Pass Heat Exchanger left with only one person attending

Informed group to have at least two attending

 

Closed

 

20

10A

12/7/99

Solvent Recovery group did not sign out

Safety group looked for them and did not find them so the safety group signed them out

 

Closed

 

21

10A

12/7/99

"Not a Drain" needs to be repainted on first floor in front of storage cabinet

Mentioned to Gasparich

Gasparich

Closed

 

22

10A

12/7/99

Northeast eyewash station on first floor leaks when operated 

Mentioned to Gasparich

Gasparich

Closed

 

23

10A

12/14/99

Liquid-Liquid Extraction group had a beaker in hood that was not labled

Group was told to label beakers ASAP

 

Closed

 

24

7A

12/14/99

Thursday CSTR group left did not clean the lab station

Lab Station cleaned by the Tuesday group

 

Closed

 

25

10A

12/14/99

Mercury thermometer was broken on bench top in the basement

Gasparich was notified and the mess was cleaned up properly

 

Closed

 

26

11A

12/14/99

Member of PDMS group did not wear face shield while loading EBA

Member was told to wear it

 

Closed

 

27

7A

12/14/99

The Ocean Optics light apparatus for the CSTR experiment gets very hot 

Make a note in the lab safety procedures for this experiment

 

Closed

 


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