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Environmental Health &
Safety
Tulane University Police
Department (TUPD)
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Objectives
• To familiarize TUPD with the following procedures
– OEHS Overview & Contact Information
– Emergency Action Plans (EAPs)
– Fire Safety & Portable Fire Extinguishers
– Hazardous Materials & Spill Response Procedures
– Fire Pack Information
– Asbestos Awareness
– Reporting & Response Procedures
• Hazards, Injury/Illness, Bloodborne Pathogens
– Note: This does not replace other OEHS required
training.
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Office of Environmental Health &
Safety (OEHS) Overview
• Technical advisory department for all TU departments
& facilities
– At the Tulane Medical Center (TMC – hospital & clinics) –
OEHS provides services only in the field of Radiation
Safety.
• Assist with regulatory compliance (OSHA, DEQ,
DHH, State Fire Marshal, fire department, etc.)
• Contact OEHS immediately if a representative from
one of these agencies contacts you or shows up on
campus
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OEHS Offices/Website
• Office Locations:
TUHSC (Main Office)
Tidewater Suite 1156 (TW-16), 504-988-5486
Uptown campus:
Central Building, Room 105D, 504-865-5307
TNPRC:
Occupational Health Trailer, 985-871-4811
• OEHS website: http://www.tulane.edu/oehs/
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Reportable Emergencies
• Contact OEHS for any of the following incidents:
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Fire/Explosion
Structural collapse
Flooding
Serious injury or accident involving students, employees and
visitors
– Food poisoning
– Disease outbreak
– Hazardous material (biological, chemical or radioactive) spills
or leaks
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Contacting OEHS
• During normal work hours, contact the OEHS main office at 504988-5486
• To contact OEHS for after hours emergencies, contact the on-call
OEHS staff member by dialing 504-239-6063. Only TUPD may
use this number.
– If the on-call person cannot be reached, then contact the designated on-call
person at their home number.
– As a last resort, if the on-call person cannot be contacted, then call any
OEHS staff member listed in the posted on-call list.
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Incident Reports
• OEHS receives TUPD Incident reports for the following:
– Reportable emergencies
– Environmentally induced injuries involving faculty,
staff, students and visitors
• Send reports to OEHS by one of the following methods:
– TUHSC & TNPRC: Hand deliver to Suite 1156,
Tidewater Building
– Uptown Campus: Email to Karen Douglas
([email protected])
– Campus Mail (TW-16)
– Fax: 504-988-1693
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Emergency Action Plans (EAPs)
• Evacuation plans for each
building
• Describes building fire
alarm system
• Designates an assembly
location for each building
• DSRs report staff
accounting/dept
evacuation status to
ranking TUPD Police
Officer
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Emergency Action Plans (EAPs)
• For EAPs, go to:
http://tulane.edu/oehs/ocsafety/emergactionplans.cfm
• See Section C of each EAP for assembly
areas
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Fire Safety
• If you discover a fire – Follow the acronym,
ESCAPE
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Evaluate the situation
Secure the area
Close doors to contain the fire
Activate the building fire alarm system (use
nearest pull station or use voice notification)
– Phone or contact dispatcher
– Extinguish the fire
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Fire Safety – Response Procedures
• Check area to confirm emergency &
determine the need for response
• Advise occupants to leave the building
using the nearest exit & report to the
designated assembly area
• Extinguish fire using a portable fire
extinguisher, if possible
• Assist First Responders (fire department,
police, OEHS, etc.)
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Fire Safety – Response Procedures
(cont’d)
• If applicable, ensure the fire alarm public address
system is used to communicate with the building
occupants, as needed. (Normally, Facilities
Services will make the announcement.)
• Do not silence the fire alarm until:
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Building evacuation has been completed or
False alarm incident has been verified or
Fire has been extinguished or
Fire department instructs you to silence it
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Fire Safety – Response Procedures
(cont’d)
• Assist in directing occupants to the assembly area
• Maintain crowd & traffic control
• Contact responsible TU persons of incident per
your departmental procedures
• Allow occupants to re-enter the building when it is
safe & fire alarm system & automatic sprinklers
have been fully restored.
• Complete & disseminate the Police Incident
Report
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General Classification of Fires
Portable fire extinguishers are designed to extinguish
small fires based upon the fire classification.
Type K – grease fires in commercial kitchens.
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sodium,
magnesium,
zirconium,
potassium,
titanium,
lithium
Portable Fire Extinguishers
• Class ABC (dry chemical) – for combustible
materials, flammable or combustible liquids,
and energized electrical fires
– Can be found in the hallways
• Class BC (carbon dioxide) – for flammable
or combustible liquids and electrical fires
– Can be found in electrical & equipment
rooms & laboratories
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Portable Fire Extinguishers (cont’d)
• Class D for combustible metals
– Can be found in designated laboratories
where such metals are used or with spill
response supplies
• Class K for grease fires – located in kitchens
with appliances which use vegetable or
animal oils and fats
– Can be found in commercial kitchens
where deep fat fryers are used.
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Portable Fire Extinguishers (cont’d)
• To use a portable fire extinguisher,
remember PASS:
– Pull the pin on the handle
– Aim the nozzle at the base of the fire
– Squeeze the handle of the fire
extinguisher and
– Sweep the nozzle from side to side
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Procedures – Using Portable Fire
Extinguishers
• Before entering a closed room or area where a fire
may be located, feel the door with the back of
your hand.
• If it is warm or hot to the touch, do not enter the
room. Immediately leave the area.
• If the door is not warm or hot, slowly open it.
• Proceed if the fire is small & confined (not
spreading) and you have an unobstructed escape
route behind you.
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Procedures – Using Portable Fire
Extinguishers (cont’d)
• Identify the location of the fire and apply the
extinguisher to its base. Start 10 feet away and
move in closer as needed.
• Do not turn your back on the fire even if it appears
to be extinguished. It may re-ignite.
• Get out of the room and close door behind you
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Procedures – Commercial Kitchen
Grease Fires
• Use a Type K fire extinguisher
– Place the fire extinguisher about 5-10 feet away from
the fire.
– Do not direct the nozzle of the fire extinguisher into the
container with the burning grease.
– Blanket the fire with the extinguishing agent. Do not
disturb this blanket after the application.
– Do not remove the pan from the stove as it is still hot.
– Turn off gas/heat (if possible)
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Procedures – Commercial Kitchen
Grease Fires (cont’d)
• Other Option
– If small fire, cover the pan with a lid if
readily available
• For a large fire
– Manually activate the hood extinguishing
system over cooking area
• Activate labeled pull station in cooking
area
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Portable Fire Extinguisher – Agent
Discharge
• The chemical agents used in dry chemical extinguishers
(ABC or D types) are generally a fine, yellow powder.
This material is a respiratory irritant.
• After using these extinguishers, get out of the room and
ventilate the area.
• For further information on the extinguishing agent used,
refer to the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or contact
OEHS.
• Have Facilities Services replace all discharged fire
extinguishers.
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Hazardous Material Spills
• Hazardous = toxic, flammable, biological, radioactive,
corrosive, etc.
• Contact OEHS and provide:
– Provide exact location of spill (building, floor, room #)
– Chemical or product name and quantity, if possible
– Name & contact info of responsible party (if known)
• Attempt to confine/contain spill
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Cover with absorbent material (paper towels, etc.)
Turn off any apparent open flames or sources of ignition
Ventilate if possible (fully open sash to fume hood, etc.)
Close door to spill area
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Hazardous Material Spills (cont’d)
• Do not attempt to clean up the spill.
• Warn others in immediate area.
• Evacuate as needed – Activate the fire alarm, if
necessary
• Standby to act as liaison for OEHS, responsible party,
and/or First Responders
• Contact OEHS prior to contacting the fire department
unless the situation is deemed critical.
• Complete Police Incident Report
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Hazardous Material Spills (cont’d)
• Sources of information on the hazardous materials
– Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• Use as reference for emergency spill response
• Available at
http://tulane.edu/oehs/safety/materialsafetydatasheets.cfm
• Chemical labels – found on the containers
– Door signs – contains hazardous material symbols, principal
investigator’s name & telephone #, etc.
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Gasoline or Diesel Fuel Spill
• Contact OEHS immediately.
• If the spill involves a motor vehicle, contact owner
and advise them of the incident.
• DO NOT:
– Apply sand as absorbent material.
– Contact the fire department unless the situation is deemed
critical.
– Attempt to clean up the spill
• DO:
– Keep area free of ignition sources
– Block storm drains that may be affected by spill
– Place absorbent pads around perimeter of spill
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Cryogenic Liquids
• These are liquefied gases that are kept in their liquid
state at very low temperatures and have boiling points
below -240°F .
– Argon, nitrogen, oxygen, helium and hydrogen
• Dewars are specially designed containers for
transporting, storage and dispensing of cryogenic
liquids
– Can be found in clinics and laboratory areas
– Types
• Open to the atmosphere - used only within the lab areas
• Closed – with pressure relief valve
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Cryogenic Liquids
Dewars
Open Type
Closed Type
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Cryogenic Liquids (cont’d)
• Hazards
– Extreme cold – can freeze flesh, causing painful blisters.
Prolonged exposure can cause frostbite
– Asphyxiation – can displace oxygen in enclosed area
– Requires special handling – personal protective equipment
• Normal Conditions
– Formation of some ice or frost at the top of the Dewar is
normal.
– All Dewars vent to reduce inside pressure
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Cryogenic Liquids (cont’d)
• How to recognize a problem - Abnormal
Conditions
• If leaking, you will see
– Vapor cloud or
– Lots of ice on side of the Dewars
• Continuous venting is not normal
• Contact researcher
• Will make a hissing sound for a few minutes and
then stop
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Fire Pack & HazMat Info
– TUHSC (Downtown)
• Developed for all of the buildings at the TUHSC as per the
NOFD & maintained by Facilities Services
• Contains keys & information on the building fire alarm,
fire suppression systems, special hazards, etc.
• Located at each building and at TUPD Downtown
Medical District Dispatch
• Make the pack available to NOFD upon request
• After use, make sure that all contents have been returned to
the pack.
• Contains the complete chemical inventory for Tulane
University on the memory stick
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Hazardous Material Information –
Uptown Campus
• Memory stick contains the complete
chemical inventory for Tulane
University
• Stern Hall in Room MB001 inside the
fire pack cabinet, eastside
• Israel Building in Room 220 in the fire
pack cabinet
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Asbestos Management
• Asbestos or asbestos-containing material (ACM) IS
present in many older Tulane facilities (pipe insulation,
floor tiles, ceiling tiles, etc.)
• BUT, asbestos poses no threat as long as it is maintained in
good condition and is not disturbed.
• Each building is periodically inspected for ACM & results
documented in Asbestos Management Plan kept by OEHS.
• Heed asbestos warning signs/labels; do not disturb
• “Authorized personnel” do not include TUPD!
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Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) & Blood Exposure
• BBP Exposure Control Plan (ECP) is available online at
OEHS website
• ECP covers TUPD who have the potential for occupational
exposure to bloodborne pathogens or other potentially
infectious material (OPIM)
– Initial and annual training
– Offered Hepatitis B vaccine (series of 3 shots)
• If you have direct contact with blood or OPIM, you must
complete a “First Report of Occupational Injury/Illness “
• May need immediate medical treatment (Preferably within
4 hrs)
• Report exposures to OEHS Bloodborne Pathogens
Coordinator ASAP (504-419-1391)
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Hazard Reporting
• During routine rounds, report hazards or unsafe
conditions to the appropriate department, Facilities
Services or OEHS.
• If serious or imminent safety hazard is found,
contact OEHS immediately.
• If defective equipment is noted, contact the
department or Facilities Services
– Remove from service if practicable
– Tag it or label as defective or damaged – DO NOT USE
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Hot Work & TUPD Involvement
• Hot Work = welding, soldering, torch cutting,
brazing
• HW Permit prepared by Facilities at least 24 hrs
before work commences
• Permit faxed/hand-carried to OEHS & TU Police
• TUPD must patrol project area to check for
smoldering fires from hot work
• Patrol project area every day for duration of hot
work permit
• Conduct patrol ~ 1 hour AFTER hot work
activities are completed for the day
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Odor Complaint & Procedures
• Contact Facilities Services for response
• If it is a chemical odor, Facilities Services will
contact OEHS
• If it is an electrical burning odor , then the
problem could be from a fluorescent light ballast
– One or more fluorescent tubes could be out or
flickering
– Switch off light fixture in area
– Contact Facilities Services
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Injury/Illness Reporting
• Employees
– Report incident to Supervisor
– Complete “First Report of Occupational Injury/Illness”
(FROI) at the OEHS website (home page) :
http://www.tulane.edu/oehs
– Contact Worker’s Compensation (504-988-2869)
– Provide healthcare provider with a copy of the FROI
– Do not use personal health insurance
– In case of serious injury, TU Police will arrange for an
ambulance for medical transportation.
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Injury/Illness Reporting (cont’d)
• Students
– If related to campus activities or unsafe
condition, students are advised to notify
TUPD and course instructor
• Examples: illness due to working with
chemicals, cut or burned in Art Class
– If serious injury, TUPD will arrange for
an ambulance.
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Injury/Illness Reporting (cont’d)
• Visitors
– When notified, TUPD will
• Arrange for ambulance or medical care
• Generate a TUPD Incident Report
• Send a copy of the Incident Report to
OEHS
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911 Procedures
• In case of 911 emergency notification and
response:
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Standby at the main entrance to the building
Brief First Responders on the incident
Direct First Responders to the scene
Provide requested assistance
Serve as Incident Commander until relieved by
highest ranking officer
– Maintain crowd control
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Tulane University
Office of Environmental Health & Safety (OEHS)
1430 Tulane Avenue (TW-16)
New Orleans, LA 70112
Uptown: 504-865-5307 TUHSC: 504-988-5486
TNPRC: 985-871-4811
http://www.tulane.edu/oehs
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