PAWS Tracking Results for Cycle 5 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 5
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	6A	3/21/00	Phone in the basement office does not have current emergency phone numbers displayed	Placed sticker on phone and updated phone list on wall.		Closed
14	6A	3/21/00	Fire extinguisher in Rm 205 not clearly labeled	Put a "fire extinguisher" sticker sign above it		Closed
15	10A	3/21/00	Kerosene tank on liq-liq extraction has differing labels pertaining to flammability	Told safety group		Closed
16	6A	3/21/00	Student had jacket in the laboratory at the shell and tube heat exchanger site	Student told to remove jacket from lab		Closed
17	5A	3/21/00	Broken glass container sitting on top of empty barrels	Safety team moved broken glass container		Closed
18	10A	3/21/00	Faculty advisor not wearing hard hat	Told safety group		Closed
19	6A	3/21/00	Solvent recovery groups left basement unattended	Went to control room and sent 2 people to the basement		Closed
20	13A	3/21/00	PDMS - 3 guys by viscometer but no one at the aparatus on the floor	Tell one of them to sit by PDMS Reactor		Closed
21	5B	3/23/00	PDMS was left unattended	Told TA		Closed
22	5B	3/23/00	Student did not have hard hat on	Told him to put it on		Closed
23	1B	3/23/00	Leaky union near RV-70	Repair		Open
24	2B	3/23/00	Dow 245 Fluid transfer can leaks	Replace or fix can		Closed
25	9B	3/23/00	Caught student sleeping in lab	Woke him up and warned him about safety hazards of his actions		Closed
26	9B	3/23/00	Emergency Route posted on south basement door needs to be re-laminated	Re-laminate and re-post		Closed
27	1B	3/23/00	Flammable waste container emitting toluene fumes	Placed container in fume hood		Closed
28	1B	3/23/00	Two people entered lab without helmets or safety glasses	Told TA		Closed
29	5B	3/23/00	Top steam valve for LLE leaks when opened	Fix it		Closed
30	5B	3/23/00	No soap dispenser at sink near LLE	Install soap dispenser		Closed
31	9B	3/23/00	Doorknob entering PSCC is difficult to turn.	Replace doorknob		Closed
32	10A	3/28/00	Steam shut-off to liquid-liquid extraction has a small leak	Re-seal or replace valve		Closed
33	6A	3/28/00	Student dropped two glass flask caps while running solvent recovery	Broken glass swept up and put into broken glass container		Closed
34	9B	3/30/00	PDMS group was putting paper towels with toluene on them in the regular waste containers	Told to use flammable waste container		Closed
35	9B	3/30/00	Person caught running in bioseparations laboratory	Told to stop		Closed