Safety Training

• Lab Safety Training (includes disposal of hazardous materials) for SEAS/Physics/EPS
• Cryogens - General Safety Rules
• Laser Safety
• Laser Safety Training Video and Quiz
• Machine Shop Safety
• Bio Safety (including blood-borne pathogens)
• Repetitive Strain Injuries
• Training Database

Lab Safety Training for SEAS/Physics/EPS

TOPIC: Consists of hazardous waste disposal, Right-to-Know Law, & chemical safety (all clean room users MUST take this lecture)
INSTRUCTOR: Amy Johnson, EH&S
TIME: 1:30pm-3:00pm
LOCATION: Maxwell/Dworkin 119
DATES: Second Wednesday of every month
NOTE: Please be sure to bring your Harvard ID number for registration!

• New people who will work with chemicals are REQUIRED to attend this training! For those who missed the second Wednesday lecture and who cannot wait for the following month, a similar lecture is given in the chemistry department on the third Wednesday of the month, from 2 to 3:30pm in the Mallinckrodt Division Room on the first floor.
• Personnel must complete a brief online "refresher" training course every year. This is offered on the EH&S website at: http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehsapps/training/training.jsp. Select "Hazardous Waste - Laboratory Operations".

Cryogens

Overview - General Rules for Safe Handling

Information specific to:

• Liquid Nitrogen
• Liquid Helium
• Liquid Argon
• Liquid Hydrogen
• Liquid Oxygen

Laser Safety

In-Class Training: presented by EH&S

NOTE: Please be sure to bring your Harvard ID number for registration!

The Harvard University Radiation Protection Office offers a Laser Safety Class every other month in Cambridge. All classes are usually held in Biolabs 1058 at 16 Divinity Ave. on the Cambridge campus, unless otherwise indicated.

The updated information on the schedule listed below can also be found at the EH&S Laser Safety Training webpage: http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehsapps/training/GetCourseInfo.do?crs=142 . Call (617) 495-2060 for more information.

On-Line Laser Safety Training Video and Quiz:

We have produced three online streaming videos of Prof. Eric Mazur's laser safety lecture. The three videos consist of the complete training lecture that is normally offered every spring during our Safety Seminar series. Anyone who works with lasers will benefit from viewing these videos. A brief quiz with answers is also provided. No registration is required to view the videos. If you are required to have proof of laser safety training, you should attend the "in-class" training sessions offered by EH&S listed above.

Go to the Laser Safety Training Videos and Quiz

Machine Shop Safety

Bio Safety Training

TOPIC: Consists of prudent practices when using biological samples plus proper techniques when handling blood-borne pathogens
INSTRUCTOR: Sid Paula, EH&S
TIME: 1:30pm-2:30pm
LOCATION: Bio Lab rm 1075
DATES: Third Friday of every month
NOTE: Please be sure to bring your Harvard ID number for registration!

Training Database - a safety training record of personnel in DEAS/Physics

This is a sortable database containing the names, contact information, safety training history, and training needs of staff, faculty, students, post-docs and other personnel associated with SEAS and the Department of Physics.

HELP/Database Lexicon - a brief guide on how to use the Training Database and a helpful list of abbreviations.