Educating for Osha Savvy Chemists

by Utterback, Paul J.; Nelson, David A.

• ISBN13: 9780841235694
• ISBN10: 0841235694
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-10
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

This book discusses how the basic principles of chemical safety can be incorporated in chemical education curricula. It includes numerous examples and techniques, and it describes chemical laboratory compliance programs written in accordance with OSHA's laboratory standards. The book emphasizes the teaching of complex toxicological, regulatory, industrial hygiene, and chemical hazard information.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
WHY EDUCATE FOR OSHA SAVVY CHEMISTS?	3	(63)
1. Educating for OSHA Savvy Chemists: The Role of Academia in a Shared Responsibility	3	(16)
Paul J. Utterback
David A. Nelson
2. Safety Is Part of the Job: Why Employers Want Workplace-Savvy Chemists	19	(5)
Andrea Sutherland
3. Laboratory Safety and New Jersey Institute of Technology's Chemical Hygiene Plan	24	(17)
Norman J. Van Houten
4. Laboratory Waste Management and Waste Determinations	41	(8)
Russell W. Phifer
5. Motivating Laboratory Instructors at a Major University To Formally Incorporate Safety Education into Their Curricula	49	(17)
R. B. Schwartz
MODEL CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLANS AND SAFETY PROGRAMS IN ACADEMIA	66	(46)
6. Chemistry Safety at Michigan	66	(6)
Richard J. Giszezak
7. Health and Safety Projects in the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley	72	(8)
Kurt W. Dreger
Steven F. Pedersen
8. Electronic Media in Chemical Safety Education at University of California at San Diego	80	(9)
R. Vernon Clark
J. G. Palmer
9. Chemical Hygiene Plan Program at North Carolina State University	89	(12)
George H. Wahl, Jr.
David Rainer
10. Safety in the Chemistry Curriculum at Iowa State University	101	(11)
Gordon J. Miller
Paul Richmond
TECHNIQUES FOR ACHIEVING AN OSHA SAVVY CHEMIST	112	(69)
11. Evaluation and Refocusing Chemical Safety Practices and Instruction at a Mid-Size College	112	(15)
E. Eugene Gooch
Eugene Grimley
Paul Utterback
12. Creating a Labeling System with Compliance and Educational Value	127	(13)
Paul J. Utterback
Kathy Sale
13. Preparation of Experiment-Specific Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries from Material Safety Data Sheets for Undergraduate Chemistry Courses	140	(17)
David A. Nelson
14. Chemical Health and Safety Concepts for the Chemistry Curriculum	157	(8)
Javid Mohtasham
15. Testing for Chemical Health and Safety Understanding	165	(16)
Lucy Pryde Eubanks
INDEXES	181
Author Index	181	(2)
Subject Index	183