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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Pyrotechnics in the Teaching Lab- For what purpose?
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 8:42:22 AM
Author: "Funck, Steven" <sfunck**At_Symbol_Here**MESSIAH.EDU> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Pyrotechnics in the Teaching Lab
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:06:23 -0500
Author: Monona Rossol

From: Joseph M. Crockett <jcrocket**At_Symbol_Here**BRIDGEWATER.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] emergency shut-offs
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:59:38 +0000
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Message-ID: 70d0d1b9dd11443abd46a71b7bf89f9e**At_Symbol_Here**FARLEY.Bridgewater.local
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We have shut-offs in our labs for emergencies. My understanding (since they have not been used - How often should they be tested?) is they kill the electrical and the gas only.

 

Joe Crockett

 

Joseph M Crockett | Department of Chemistry 
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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**princeton.edu> on behalf of Melissa Ballard <melissa.ballard**At_Symbol_Here**MICHELIN.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 7:52 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**princeton.edu
Subject: [DCHAS-L] emergency shut-offs
 

I am pretty sure it’s been discussed here before in terms of ventilation shut-offs but what is the consensus on having electrical emergency shut-offs for laboratories? Our company is building a new lab and is asking my opinion. My gut says that if you shut off the ventilation then you would want to shut-off power too, to prevent any heated activities from continuing or any electrical sparks from igniting fumes that may accumulate but I didn’t know if there were any standards or regs to back me up.

 

I’d like to go into my meeting tomorrow with a little more than my gut feeling.

 

Thank you!

 

 

Melissa Ballard, MSPH, CIH, CCHO

Industrial Hygienist / Industrial Hygiene Chemist

Michelin North America

1401 Antioch Church Road

IH Lab – Bldg 150 – 1st Floor

Greenville, SC 29605

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Office: (864) 458-1843

Cell: (864) 784-9883

Fax: (864) 458-0070

email: melissa.ballard**At_Symbol_Here**michelin.com

 


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