Important Safety Sites for the University
- UMass Amherst Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Home Page
- Searchable MSDS Database
- EPA
- OSHA
- UMass Amherst Hazardous Waste Pickup, Online Request
Safety Training
Faculty, postdoctorals, graduate students, undergraduates, and non-student research assistants and staff who work in teaching and research labs are expected to be familiar with this material, and to carry out annual re-certification of their knowledge of this material. Failure to do so can lead to summary disbarring from access to working laboratories until certification has been confirmed.
- Laboratory Health & Safety Manual
- Instructions for Online Training
- Online Safety Training Course
- Lab Safety and Fire Safety Training
- Biological Safety Training
Standard Safety Packet (All Research Workers)
- Responsibilities of Researchers
- Safety Training Attendance Form
- Safety Information Receipt
- Eye Safety Requirement
Important Policies (All Labs)
- PI Eye Protection Support
- LGRT Chemical Transport
- LGRT Dumbwaiter Use
- Waste Disposal Policies
- Waste Disposal Update '97
- Needle/Sharp and Biohazard Disposal
- Stockroom Chemical Pickup
- Empty Solvent Can Disposal
Required Forms (All Labs)
- MSDS Access Form (PDF, to be posted in all laboratories using chemicals)
- Laboratory Chemical Waste Inspection Log (PDF, to be posted/maintained in all laboratories using chemicals)