RE: [HAPS-L] OSHA requirements

["David Evans" <devans@xxxxxxx>]

Our culinary department has these for their classes since this is a very
common injury in their field.
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As to closed-toe shoes: don't forget that they will also protect you
from the smaller species of rattlesnakes!

-----Original Message-----
From: HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Elizabeth E Hodgson
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:33 AM
To: HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [HAPS-L] OSHA requirements

Just to jump overboard with these safety rules....

Does anyone wear a chain mail type glove when dissecting?  The most
common injury we have during dissection is not splashing but cutting
themselves with the scalpel or poking themselves with a needle probe.
Seems we should be dressed in armor "just in case".  

I do think some take these safety rules to the nth degree and forget to
use the most efficient of rules.... common sense.

One other thing... I'm not sure of the logic behind close toed shoes
either.  Unless they are steel toed, dropping something on a close toed
shoe isn't going to protect any better than on an open toed shoe.

Elizabeth Hodgson, MS
NMT Coordinator
York College of PA
717.815.1530


---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:34:38 -0400
>From: "Leopard, Robert (Biology)" <rleopard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  
>Subject: RE: [HAPS-L] OSHA requirements  
>To: <HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>   Jim Kaufman is giving the straight scoop on OSHA.  I
>   was plant manager of a manufacturing company (wasn't
>   every A&P instructor?)  and was responsible for
>   implementing OSHA and chemical hazard communication
>   laws in our company.
>
>    
>
>   Every employee was just like those in this forum who
>   don't want to use protection - the safety rules were
>   inconvenient and no one wanted to follow them.  When
>   seat belts appeared few were willing to wear them. 
>   We need to find ways to set and implement safety
>   rules to provide maximum safety with minimum
>   inconvenience, but the safety must come before
>   convenience.
>
>    
>
>   That said, I think Jim is going overboard.  Does he
>   wear safety glasses with side shields every time he
>   is drinking from a glass, washing a glass, emptying
>   the dishwasher?  Every time he's in a restaurant? 
>   You don't need to answer, Jim.  If you do it, I
>   don't want to know. 
>
>    
>
>   I believe that protection should be worn when there
>   is a hazard present and only then.  When we are
>   doing a "wet lab" with glassware and corrosive
>   chemicals, protection needs to be worn all the time
>   - you many not be using them but you need to be
>   protected from your neighbor and vice versa.  To get
>   students to wear their protection I tell them that
>   if they don't they are likely to get an opportunity
>   to demonstrate the use of the eyewash station to the
>   class.  That gets their attention.
>
>    
>
>   When only models or slides (yes, glass slides) are
>   present, I do not recommend eye protection.  As Jim
>   pointed out, this is between you and your
>   institution and your involvement is required for
>   sensible rules.  I'm pleased to say that my
>   institution requires our input on these decisions.
>
>    
>
>   Robert L. Leopard
>
>   Instructor of Biology
>
>   Monroe Community College
>
>    
>
>    
>
>   ----------------------------------------------------
>
>   From: HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx
>   [mailto:HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>   Roberta Meehan
>   Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 1:15 AM
>   To: HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
>   Subject: Re: [HAPS-L] OSHA requirements
>
>    
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>
>   From: James S. Miller
>
>    
>
>   Personally, I don't want to wear goggles even in a
>   dissection lab.  The eyestrain induced would be much
>   more of a hazard than the risk of minor irritation
>   if something splashed in my eyes.
>
>   Roberta replies:
>
>    
>
>   As someone who has major vision problems with her
>   right eye, I am so glad you said this!!!  I have
>   major problems with any goggles except the most
>   sophisticated type.  And who wants to pay for
>   those?!?!?!?!?!?!?
>
>    
>
>   Sometimes I think we become paranoid and forget
>   logic.
>
>    
>
>   Roberta M Meehan
>   623.388.6627  (h)
>   970.518.0325  (c)
>   biology@xxxxxxxx
>
>    
>
>    
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