EHS guidance sheets

EHS provides essential guidelines and resources to improve safety and compliance across our university's laboratories and work environments. This comprehensive guidance covers critical topics such as managing hazardous waste, asbestos awareness and indoor air quality, along with specific safety protocols for handling chemicals. Key areas include spill cleanup procedures, chemical security and the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Additionally, hazard alerts and standard operating procedure templates keep staff and students informed about safely handling hazardous substances like nitric acid. Together, these resources foster a culture of safety, protect our community's health and ensure compliance with regulatory standards in all research and operational activities.

Guidance documents

• Acute hazardous waste: Management of empty containers
• Asbestos fact sheet
• Chemical security
• Chemical spill clean up procedures
• Cryogenic materials
• Decorating safely
• Dichloromethane - Alternative solvents
• Ethidium bromide
• Fume hoods
• Hearing conservation program
• Hearing protection devices
• HPLC and other analytical container management
• Hydrofluoric acid (HF)
• Indoor air quality (IAQ) program
• Lab coats for flammable liquids, flammable solids and pyrophorics
• Lab start-up guidance sheet
• Laboratory housekeeping
• Laboratory waste disposal procedures
• Lithium-based batteries
• Lone worker
• Minimum PPE for lab entry
• Nasal naloxone (Narcan)
• Perchloric acid
• Preparing for and surviving a power outage
• Remote fieldwork safety
• Respiratory protection - Filtering facepiece
• Respiratory protection - Voluntary use
• Respiratory protection program overview
• Sharps and pipette tips disposal
• Sun protection fundamentals
• TSCA dichloromethane rule
• U of I emergency response team
• What is a respirator?
• Working outdoors in cold weather

Contacts

Environmental Health and Safety
208-885-6524
safety@uidaho.edu