A whistle-stop tour of OSHA for laboratories: Regulations and standards For the Chemical Hygiene Officer The OSHA Laboratory Standard isn't the 'big picture' when it Comes to laboratory safety

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A young chemist in a new, mod- erately sized environmental testing laboratory might be invited into the supervisor's office one morning and greeted with the follow- ing announcement: "Congratulations, Jane, our new facility safety and Chem- Ical Hygiene Officer. You're responsi- Ble for the entire safety program here At the lab. Here's a copy of an OSHA Pamphlet and the American Chemical Society booklet Developing a Chemi- Cal Hygiene Plan (1). Have a nice day." Jane's day might have been ruined That morning, except she knows that There are more governmental regula- Tions than the OSHA Laboratory Standard which apply to a laboratory Facility.