The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) has adopted the
federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29 CFR standard as Part
431 Hazardous Work in Laboratories. The scope and application of 1910.1450 Occupational
Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories shall apply to all employers engaged
in the laboratory use ofhazardous chemicals. The standard does permit some exceptions. If you are considering implementing the
Academic Affairs Laboratory Safety Chemical Hygiene Plan, please contact the Academic
Affairs Director of Laboratory Safety.
Academic Affairs Laboratory Safety Chemical Hygiene Plan
The Chemical Hygiene Plan consists of the following three written programs:
This written program defines the responsibilities and authorities for faculty and
staff as well addresses the following key regulatory compliance elements: hazard assessment,
standard operating procedures, hierarchy of controls, maintenance of laboratory hoods
and personal protective equipment, training provisions, medical surveillance, and
particularly hazardous substances provisions.
Each laboratory supervisor (faculty, staff, or principle investigator) who has primary
responsibility/oversight for the laboratory under their control must prepare a Chemical
Hygiene Plan that addresses the specifics of the operations that occur in their laboratory.
Standard Operations Procedures (SOP)
Personal Protective
Hierarchy of Controls
Training Provisions
Processes that will be used when handling Particularly Hazardous Substances
Requirements established for prior approval before initiating operations
To ease the process this document is a template that the laboratory supervisor may
fill and support by making references to additional resources. The Academic Affairs
Director of Laboratory Safety may be requested to assist the Laboratory Supervisor
in filling out the template.
The intent of this document is to provide basic chemical standards/guidelines for
educational laboratories and supporting laboratory areas.
Academic Affairs Laboratory Safety Chemical Hygiene Plan Frequently Asked Questions
The Academic Affairs Laboratory Safety Chemical Hygiene Plan is a written program
designed to address MIOSHA regulatory compliance requirements which are non-laboratory specific.
The Laboratory Supervisor Chemical Hygiene Plan is a written program that documents all the practices specific to that particular workplace or laboratory. To make the process easy for the Laboratory Supervisor, this written program is
a template that may be filled and supported by making references to additional resources
such as but not limited to SOPs, Class Syllabuses, and Research Notebooks.
The Chemical Standards/ Guidelines address the non-mandatory National Research Council Recommendations. This written program contains information concerning practices for the purchase,
transport, use and disposal of chemicals.
The Academic Affairs Director of Laboratory Safety has been designated by the Provost
as the Academic Affairs Chemical Hygiene Officer. The director is qualified by training
or experience to provide technical guidance in the development and implementation
of the provisions of the Academic Affairs Chemical Hygiene Plan. The Academic Affairs
Director of Laboratory Safety is Us and may be reached by email or calling 231-591-2154.
The Hazard Assessment process will be used to determined if a College is required
to comply with MIOSHA Part 431 Hazardous Work in Laboratories regulation. If the
College is required to comply with the regulation the Dean of the College may designated
an employee who is qualified by training or experience to provide technical guidance
in the development and implementation of the provisions of the Laboratory Supervisor
Chemical Hygiene Plan. The College Chemical Hygiene Officer will work in conjunction
with the Academic Affairs Chemical Hygiene Officer.
It depends. The Chemical Hygiene Plan is designated to ensure compliance for a specific
workplace or laboratory with MIOSHA Part 431. If the laboratory specific practices
and procedures that are performed in all the workplaces are the sameand the hazards identified in the Hazard Assessment associated with the the workplace
are the same then one plan should be fine. However, if this is not the case then a Chemical Hygiene
Plan will be required for each workplace. Consult with the Academic Affairs Director
of Laboratory Safety.
The Academic Affairs Chemical Hygiene Officer will issue the binder for the Chemical
Hygiene Plan that will be housed in the specific workplace or laboratory it supports.
The Laboratory Supervisor is responsible for ensuring the following documents are
contained within the binder
Laboratory Supervisor Chemical Hygiene Plan AALSSD 2-60-2003 specific for the workplace/laboratory
Academic Affairs Laboratory Safety Chemical Hygiene Plan AALSSD 2-60-2002
Chemical Standards/Guidelines AALSSD 2-60-2001
Workplace/laboratory specific additional references such as but not limited to SOPs,
Class Syllabuses, and Research Notebooks
Current copy of MIOSHA Part 431.
The completed Chemical Hygiene Plan shall not be posted on any website because of the sensitive information it may contain. However,
the Laboratory Supervisor shall make the binder readily available to the faculty,
staff, student, student employee, and upon request official representatives of local,
state, and federal regulatory agencies with jurisdiction to inspect the workplace
or laboratory.
The program is designed to provide guidelines for developing, writing, implementing,
maintaining, and recordkeeping for laboratory specific Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs). It shall serve as reference for performing laboratory work involving hazardous
materials, processes, procedures and instrumentation/equipment operations.
Many laboratory procedures are simply variations on the same theme. In instances
where the personal protective equipment, hierarchy of controls, emergency procedures,
and training considerations are the same then it is appropriate to cover the procedure
on the same form.
One way to address this documentation is in the Research Notebook. Reference in
the Laboratory Supervisor Chemical Hygiene Plan that the Research Notebook contains
this information. Label the Research Notebook with the fillable SOP Hazard Assessment
Label.
Remember Hazard Assessments shall done throughout the research, as conditions change
which may impact the SOPs personal protective equipment, hierarchy of controls, and
emergency procedures requirements
Use the system that already works for the laboratory. The training records to support
regulatory compliance with MIOSHA Part 431 shall be kept for three years. All training
records shall be made available when requested by the Academic Affairs Chemical Hygiene
Officer, College Chemical Hygiene Officer, and any official representatives of local,
state, and federal regulatory agencies with jurisdiction to inspect the workplace
or laboratory.
The purpose of the chemical hygiene plan is about complying with regulations, ensuring
that proper Hazard Assessment are performed, the results of the assessments are addressed,
and training for the identified faculty, staff, students, and student employees who
will be involved in the laboratory procedures or processes has been completed.
Contact
Academic Affairs Office of the Provost
1201 S. State Street Timme Center, CSS 310 Big Rapids, MI 49307