Environmental Health and Safety
Training Checklist


The following questions are designed to help you assess the environmental health and safety training requirements of your research project. If you answer "yes" to a numbered question, then compliance will require "yes" answers to the questions that follow. These requirements are applicable to everyone who works on the research project-principal investigators, technicians, students, postdocs, visiting researchers, volunteers, etc. The training classes below are provided by the Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) office. In addition to the EH&S classes, most of the areas require principal investigators to provide lab-specific or project-specific training for everyone working on the project. If you have questions, you may contact EH&S at 257-3845.

1) Will chemicals be used?
Yes No
If used in a lab, has everyone who will be working with chemicals completed Chemical Hygiene Plan/Laboratory Safety training?
Yes No
If used somewhere other than a lab, has everyone who will be working in an area where chemicals will be used completed Hazard Communication training?
Yes No
Has everyone who will be working with chemicals completed Hazardous Waste training?
Yes No
2) Will radioactive materials be used?
Yes No
Has everyone who will be working with radioactive materials completed radiation safety training?  (see below)
Yes No
Research personnel whose work involves the handling of radioactive materials are required to attend:
(a) On-Site and Beginning Radiation Safety prior to working with radioactive material.
(b) Basic Radiation Safety within 4 months of completing (a).
Training is also required for principal investigators, lab managers, and others who have significant radioactive materials experience and previous safety training, but are new to UK.   These personnel must complete:
(c) Advanced Radiation Safety within 4 months of their authorization.
Will X-ray be used?
Yes No
Has everyone who will use X-ray completed On-Site and Beginning X-ray Safety Training?
Yes No
3) Will human blood, body fluids, or tissues be used?
Yes No
Has everyone who will be working with human blood, body fluids or tissues completed Blood-borne Pathogens training?
Yes No
4) Will lasers be used?
Yes No
Has everyone who will be using a class IIIB or IV laser completed Laser Safety training?
Yes No
5) Are portable fire extinguishers available for use?
Yes No
Has everyone who will be permitted to use a fire extinguisher in an emergency completed Fire Extinguisher Use training?
Yes No
6) Will respirators be used?
Yes No
Has everyone who will be using a respirator completed Respirator Use training?
Yes No
7) Will any equipment be used or serviced for which an unexpected restarting could cause injury?
Yes No
Has everyone who will be working with this equipment completed Lockout/Tagout training?
Yes No
8) Will a Biological Safety Cabinet be used?
Yes No
Has everyone who will be working in or with a Biological Safety Cabinet completed the online training on using a biological safety cabinet?
Yes No
9) Will the research project involve any of the following OSHA-regulated activities? Using powered platforms (e.g., lifts, scissors lifts, booms); working in a high-noise area; working at heights (>6 feet); transporting explosive agents; entering hazardous confined spaces (e.g., silos and manure pits); using powered industrial trucks (e.g., forklifts); welding, cutting and brazing; working in grain handling facilities; or SCUBA diving.
Yes No
(If any of the above activities may be encountered during the research project, contact the EH&S office to conduct an analysis of the work and develop a training program.) Have all affected persons completed the training program designed by EH&S?
Yes No
10) Will any "dangerous goods" be shipped?
Yes No
Has everyone who will be preparing dangerous goods for shipment completed training on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous materials regulations and the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) dangerous materials regulations?
Yes No
("Dangerous goods," as defined by U.S. DOT, include explosives, compressed gases, flammable liquids and gases, oxidizers, reactives, poisons, infectious substances, radioactive materials, and corrosive materials.)

EH&S Training Classes

Last Updated 07.11.2005
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