Laboratory faculty office

In faculty office/laboratories and graduate research laboratories, the office areas are adjacent to the hall so that students arriving for conferences with their instructors need not enter a laboratory, and a graduate student studying in his or her office area cannot be trapped by a sudden fire in the laboratory. 

Faculty Office/Laboratories The 12 x 30 faculty office/ laboratories are divided into a 12 x 10 office separated from a 12 X 20 laboratory by a door. The rear door of the laboratory section typically opens into an adjacent graduate research laboratory. The faculty member is provided with a four-foot induced-air hood, but is expected to use the chemical storage hood and solvent safety cabinet in the graduate laboratory. 

The transfer of the incendiary bomb program to the CWS in the fall of 1941 created the need for a laboratory devoted to the development of incendiary munitions. Col. J. Enrique Zanetti, whom General Porter had named as chief of the Incendiaries Branch in his headquarters, was a member of the Columbia University faculty in chemistry and was therefore intimately acquainted with the potentialities of the university s laboratories. Zanetti envisioned an arrangement between CWS and Columbia such as already existed between CWS and Massachusetts Institute of Technology the university would lease laboratory and office space to the Chemical Warfare... 

The primary goal is to provide a safe and healthy facility for all occupants office staff, the public, students, faculty, researchers, and operations and maintenance staff. Commissioning minimizes functional and operational deficiencies which have been shown to be responsible for the majority of indoor air-quality problems and comfort complaints. Commissioning also minimizes liabilities inherent in laboratory building operations. 

Oakland University established its Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EH S) in February 1990. It was not until 1991 however, with the advent of the Bloodbome Pathogens and Laboratory Right-to-Know Standards, that EH S began to interact directly with faculty regarding EH S issues (and the regulatory requirements thereof). The relationship developed slowly, and not without faculty resistance. The Laboratory Safety Committee, LSC (chaired by the Director of EH S), was established as a non-governing (advisory) body by OU s President in 1994, in response to a laboratory fire. LSC representation/distribution appears in Table I. 

The Safety Officer and the graduate students assist with laboratory moves and clean-outs. Hazardous waste disposal is made as convenient as possible for all staff and students. Use of radioactive or biological materials brings on additional concerns and student training. Faculty incorporate safety concerns in lab experiments. Accommodations are made for students with disabilities. Promoting safety is a big job - everyone s job. 

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