From:
Margaret Rakas <mrakas**At_Symbol_Here**SMITH.EDU>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] [External] [DCHAS-L] telephone requirement question
Date:
Oct 19, 2022 19:34 UTC
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ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
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<681A35E4-41C7-4F59-966F-A18F870ECCFF**At_Symbol_Here**smith.edu>
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<c83ebbf4-1a88-b10b-fc3d-6c8a0b4be915**At_Symbol_Here**retired.appstate.edu>
If your institution generates hazardous wastes, check your state regulations. I recall that MA requires certain information be posted next to the phone or similar device (could be an intercom) for emergency response.
Do you have great cell reception everywhere someone would need to use a phone for a lab emergency? If there is a laboratory exposure emergency and the injured person is the one with the phone (their lab mate forgot theirs, or it’s dead) how will they get help? Maybe removing the phones in lab is feasible but suggest thinking through scenarios that apply to your science buildings could prove helpful.
Good luck-
Margaret
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On Oct 19, 2022, at 2:19 PM, Samuella Sigmann <sigmannsb**At_Symbol_Here**retired.appstate.edu> wrote:
When we were inspected many years (10+) ago by the NC EPA they
accepted cell phones.
Sammye
On 10/19/2022 2:03 PM, Burgmeier, Sally
wrote:
Is
a personal mobile phone considered an adequate communication
device for a worker in a chemistry lab or chemical waste
storage area? My employer is considering getting rid of most
of the landlines that we have in the labs, and I could not
find a specific regulation on if landlines are required.
Sally
Burgmeier
Augustana
College
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