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Environmental Health & Safety

Training Schedules and Handouts

Here at the URI Environmental Health and Safety Department, we offer various seminars and training classes to educate people about waste management, lab safety, hazard communications, and more. A complete description of each course and the upcoming course dates and times appear below.  Please contact us if you would like to schedule a training for your department.

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Upcoming Classes       

Lab Safety

Initial: Environmental Awareness and Hazardous Waste Management

  6/4/2013           2:00-3:30 pm              Memorial Union (Room TBD)

Refresher: Prudent Practices and Laboratory Waste Management

  6/19/2013        2:30-4:00 pm             Memorial Union Room 318 

General Safety

    

Hazard Communication and Rhode Island Right-to-Know

  6/11/2013        10:00-11:30 am          Memorial Union Room 318

Fire Extinguisher Training

   Upon request

Course Handouts   

Initial Environmental Awareness and Hazardous Waste Management        

Lab Fire Safety Training

 

Spring 2013 Classes          

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INITIAL: ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT.
This course is an introduction for new employees and students who work in a laboratory and use chemicals. It presents an overview of chemical and biological waste management, with a focus on protecting individuals and the environment from exposure to hazards. A comprehensive section on managing chemical risk in the lab is included. This course is required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) and the University Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP).

Target Audience: New employees and students who work in a laboratory and use chemicals.

Instructor:Connie Heird

Classes are held in the Memorial Union.  You will be contacted with the room number a few days before the training.


Dates/Times:

6/4/2013           2:00-3:30 pm

7/2/2013           10:00-11:30 am

REFRESHER: PRUDENT PRACTICES AND LABORATORY WASTE MANAGEMENT.
This course provides annual refresher training, presents prudent practices of good laboratory management, and reviews the principles of correct hazardous waste management. This course provides updated information and procedures each academic year as well as additional advanced topics to build on the information provided in the initial training. This training is required annually by EPA, RIDEM and the University CHP.

Target Audience: Required for all employees and students who work in a laboratory setting using chemicals and who have completed the initial class.

Instructor: Barbara Ray

Dates/Times:

6/19/2013        2:30-4:00 pm             Memorial Union Room 318

7/16/2013        2:30-4:00 pm             Memorial Union Room 318

HAZARD COMMUNICATION: YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW.
You have a right to know about the hazardous substances you use or come in contact with at work. Understand the potential hazards of the chemicals around you and learn how to reduce the risks involved in working with hazardous substances. All employees who work near, around or with chemicals must be trained annually as required by the Rhode Island Department of Labor (RIDOL) Right to Know Law.

Target Audience: Required for all those who work or come into contact with hazardous chemicals in the course of their job outside of a laboratory setting. Examples are: Facilities Maintenance, Custodial Services, Dining Services, Printing Services

Instructor: Stacey Snow

Dates/Times:

6/11/2013        10:00-11:30 am          Memorial Union Room 318