A great asset for researchers working with toxic or hazardous materials is a fume hood. The hood is designed to limit exposure to fumes by safely exhausting them. Fortunately, many laboratories at Texas Tech have fume hoods for faculty and…
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Personal Protective Equipment: Footwear
Having the proper footwear is key to your PPE ensemble. It is essential to protect the base of your body from an assortment of hazards that may have taken a turn toward your legs and feet. Tools, chemicals, and sharp…
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Personal Protective Equipment: Body Protection
What do handling hazardous chemicals, dealing with temperature extremes, and working with heavy machinery have in common? Possible bodily injury. Because of the risks associated with such activities, employers must ensure that their workers wear protective clothing to keep safe.…
Personal Protective Equipment: Respirators
OSHA reports that some 5 million American workers must wear respirators on the job. These devices are needed when working in environments that have insufficient oxygen, smoke, dust, gas and other contaminants that could significantly impair breathing, and cause chronic…
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Personal Protective Equipment: Head, Hearing and Vision Protection
Keeping your head, ears and eyes protected is essential when navigating hazardous environments. Here’s an overview on “above the shoulders” PPE. Head protection Protective helmets are required when there is a risk of head injuries because of falling or fixed…
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Personal Protective Equipment: Hand Protection
Week 2 of Safety@TTU is devoted to personal protective equipment, or PPE. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls are not…
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Look at EH&S as Your Safety Consultant
By Alice Young As a TTU faculty member, you know your research and creative work better than anyone else–and you share a core responsibility to teach students to recognize and assess the risks of their research with you. Who can…
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Hazard Communication Labels and Pictograms Changing
The United States is adopting the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System (GHS) that will standardize classification and labeling of chemical and other hazards. The pictograms and hazards are similar to those that have traditionally been used in the U.S., but…
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Safety Training: The Foundation of a Safety Culture
In our last blog we touched on the importance of the safety culture at Texas Tech and ways we can improve upon that. Since safety is “not an option” at Texas Tech, it is important to first establish a foundation…
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What is Safety@TTU?
Safety@TTU is a new internal communications campaign that will provide information, tips and reminders about safety on our campus. “It is vital that we continue the conversation about safety in our laboratories, shops and studios,” said Michael San Francisco, interim…
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