PAWS Tracking Results for Cycle 4 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 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

3A

1/25/00

Student did not have hard-hat on

Suggested student leave lab and get a hard-hat

 

Closed

 

2

3A

1/25/00

"Emergency Shower and Eyewash" sign fell when checking eyewash on second floor

Do not use tape, screw it to the wall

 

Closed

 

3

3A

1/25/00

Shower in bioseparations lab fails to shut off

Dave Caspary has been made aware of the situation

 

Closed

 

4

11A

1/25/00

The kW gauge of the 25A Industrial Analyzer in need of repair. (Pumping A)

Glass removed and replaced with clear tape

 Gasperich

Closed

 

5

12A

1/25/00

Improper connection on bioreactor, solution spilled over counter

Cleaned up spill.  Need better labeling of ports.

 

Closed

 

6

3A

1/25/00

"Shower and Eyewash" sign on first floor, south end, was lying on the floor

Sign readhered to wall with double sided adhesive 

 

Closed

 

7

1B

1/27/00

Person came down spiral stairway with beaker

Recommended proper way to handle and carry glassware

 

Closed

 

8

1B

1/27/00

During emergency shutdown, PDMS did not shut down 

Made sure PDMS knew their emergency shutdown procedure

 

Closed

 

9

4B

1/27/00

Only one person running equipment

Told them to get another team member

 

Closed

 

10

7B

1/27/00

Leaking valve/pipe near viscometer table near PDMS reactor

Needs to be blinded

 Gasperich

Closed

 

11

12B

1/27/00

Two groups did not sign out

Remind groups of importance of signing out

 UO Faculty

Closed

 

12

12B

1/27/00

First floor transport of fluid in a beaker without a bucket

Use a bucket

 

Closed

 

13

12B

1/27/00

Not wearing ear plugs for cooling tower experiment

Told them to wear ear plugs

 

Closed

 

14

12B

1/27/00

LLE, only wearing one glove while titrating

Wear gloves on both hands when gloves are needed

 

Closed

 

15

3A

2/1/00

Student removed safety glasses for several minutes while in lab

Student was asked to replace his glasses

 

Closed

 

              16

3A

2/1/00

A professor entered UO lab without proper safety equipment

Asked to leave or put on safety equipment

 

Closed

 

17

3A

2/1/00

Solvent Recovery team was not wearing safety goggles when gathering samples

Team was informed to wear goggles

 

Closed

 

18

13A

2/1/00

Wire mesh at top of spiral staircase poking out

Put guard over pointed end of wire

 Gasperich

Closed

 

19

5A

2/1/00

On solvent recovery have gate valves with bigger arrows to indicate open direction

Have arrow in a different color

 Gasperich

Closed

 

20

13A

2/1/00

Insulation exposed on steam return pipes on LLE

Tape or recover insulation

Gasparich

Open

 

21

3A

2/1/00

Tube on polymer flow bench was leaking onto the floor 

Group was notified, tube was moved, leak was cleaned up

 

Closed

 

22

3A

2/8/00

LLE member walked around lab without a hard-hat on

Told him to put on a hard-hat

 

Closed

 

23

3A

2/8/00

Group forgot to sign out

Remind groups of importance of signing out

 UO Faculty

Closed

 

24

3A

2/8/00

Group did not check out with lab TA

Remind groups of importance of signing out

 UO Faculty

Closed

 

25

12B

2/10/00

LLE power to experiment was left on from previous group

Turned power off

 

Closed

 

26

12B

2/10/00

Water outlet V-14 on shell and tube heat exchanger is leaking badly

Fix valve

 Gasperich

Closed

 

27

12B

2/10/00

Steam trap drips on single pass heat exchanger

Fix trap

Gasperich

Closed

 


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