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New Laboratory Management Support Document
UM Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH) wants to make the university research community aware of a valuable new informational tool for research safety that has recently been published by Federal OSHA. The publication contains educational materials for laboratory managers on protecting their workers from exposure to chemical, biological, and physical hazards: Laboratory Safety Guidance.
For future reference, this document will appear as a link on the UM-OSEH research safety web page.
Compressed Gas Use
OSEH has developed a new Compressed Gas Use guideline that contains important information for laboratories. Currently there are more than 200 different substances commonly shipped in compressed gas containers, which can be considered compressed gases. Compressed gases can be classified or categorized a variety of ways and are often based on a common source, similar use, related chemical structure or similar physical properties and many gases can fall into multiple categories. Generally, the term "compressed gas" also refers to liquefied and dissolved gases meeting these criteria and also includes cryogenic gases, e.g., Nitrogen (N2), Hydrogen (H2), Helium (He).
Click here for additional information on Compressed Gas Use.
New OSEH Orientation Video
Click here to watch the new OSEH Orientation Video
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