Environmental Safety

Team Members
Bhavana Kashibhatla K00379263
Mohammad Mustaq K00370880
Sumanath Yanamala K00379282
Vishnuprabha Eswaramoorthy K00365665

What is Environmental Safety?

Environmental safety is the practice of policies and
procedures that ensure that a surrounding
environment, including work areas, laboratories or
facilities, is free of dangers that could cause harm
to a person working in those areas. A safe place to
work is the key element of environmental safety.

Content
General guidelines
Hazardous Materials
Safety Signs and Symbols

Environmental Safety
General Guidelines
Read Policy and Procedure
Manual

General guidelines
The Guidelines contain the measures that are generally
considered to be achievable in new facilities by existing
technology at reasonable costs.
Application of the Guidelines to existing facilities may
involve the establishment of site-specific targets, with an
appropriate timetable for achieving them.
The applicability of the Guidelines should be tailored to the
hazards and risks established for each project on the basis
of the results of an environmental assessment in which sitespecific variables, such as host country context,
assimilative capacity of the environment, and other project
factors, are taken into account.
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Environmental Safety
General Guidelines
Always get training before
operating equipment

Environmental Safety
General Guidelines
Use electrical equipment in a dry
area, free from water

Environmental Safety
General Guidelines
Observe all safety precautions

Environmental Safety
General Guidelines
Keep area clean and neat

Environmental Safety
General Guidelines
Frequently check for safety
hazards in patient and visitor
areas

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Environmental Safety
General Guidelines
Report unsafe situations

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials

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What is Hazardous Material ?

A hazardous material is any item or
agent (biological, chemical, radiological,
and/or physical), which has the potential
to cause harm to humans, animals, or
the environment, either by itself or
through interaction with other factors.

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials
Employer must inform employee
of chemicals or other hazards in
the workplace

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials
Handling Liquids
Read label at least 3 times
Never mix solutions
Store solutions in a
locked cabinet

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials
Safety Signs and Symbols

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When must safety signs be

used?
Safety signs must be used whenever a
hazard or danger can not be avoided
adequately or reduced in another way.
Before installing safety signs an employer
should examine whether the hazard can be
avoided or reduced by collective
precautions (precautions that protect
everybody) or safer ways of doing the work.
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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials
Safety Signs and Symbols

This sign is found near radiation

treatment areas or x-ray facilities

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials
Safety Signs and Symbols

This sign is used on damaged or

dangerous equipment

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials
Safety Signs and Symbols

Sign indicates area in which

compressed oxygen is being used.
No smoking or open flames should
be present in these areas.

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials
Safety Signs and Symbols
This sign indicates which type of
personal protective equipment must
be worn before entering a specific
area. Can also indicate specific safety
hazards

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials
Safety Signs and Symbols

Sign placed in areas that are highly

contaminated and should only be
entered by trained individuals who are
wearing the proper protective
equipment

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials
Material Safety Data Sheets
Required by Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA)
Must have a Material Safety Data
Sheet (MSDS) for every liquid in
the facility

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Environmental Safety
Hazardous Materials

Material Safety Data Sheets

Product Information
Precautions
Instructions for use
Clean up procedure
Disposal
Emergency Care if
injured

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Questions ?
1. Explain the general guidelines of
Environmental safety.
2. What information should be given to the
employees in the hazardous material section.
3. Write about handling liquids.
4. What are the requirements of OSHA?
5. What are the things to know before
working with hazardous material.
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Solution
1. Explain the general guidelines of Environmental safety.
Read Policy and Procedure Manual
Always get training before operating equipment
Use electrical equipment in a dry area, free from water
2. What information should be given to the employees in the hazardous material

section.
Employer must inform employee of chemicals or other hazards in the workplace

Write about handling liquids.

Handling Liquids
Read label at least 3 times
Never mix solutions
Store solutions in a locked cabinet

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Solution
4. What are the requirements of OSHA?
Required by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Must have a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for every liquid in the facility

5. What are the things to know before working with hazardous material.
Product Information
Precautions
Instructions for use
Clean up procedure
Disposal
Emergency Care if injured

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