Hazard Assessments for Control Areas Using RSS

Hazard assessments allow all users who are considered to be either Principal Investigator (PI), Instructional Support Technician (IST), Delegate, and/or responsible party to view potential hazard awareness precautions to consider for chemicals associated to a designated laboratory area.  RSS Assessment simplifies the hazard assessment process for research laboratories and recommends the proper Personal Protective Equipment required within a lab based on the hazards revealed during the assessment.

Hazard assessments must be reviewed and certified at least annually by the owner of the laboratory who is the responsible person(s). In doing so, all members of the group for the laboratory area must also acknowledge and verify any changes or additional hazards.

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Assessment supports the following roles by streamlining their daily tasks and supporting efforts to reach regulatory compliance.  

Principal Investigator/Faculty

Creates a lab — Gives the group a name, identifies group members and selects the locations covered.
Assigns a delegates — Delegates can be designated by editing lab member permissions in Manage Lab.
Manages roster — Adds and removes people from their lab. Room allocations can also be modified. 
Conducts hazard assessment — Creates or modifies a custom hazard assessment for this group.
Finalizes hazard assessment — The assessment must be reviewed and certified by the PI before group members can review.

Delegates

Manage roster -- Add and remove people from their lab. Room allocations can also be modified. 
Conducts hazard assessment -- Creates or modifies a custom hazard assessment for this group.

All Users

Review the hazard assessment - Anyone working in the lab must acknowledge that they have read and agree with the hazard assessment and review the PPE recommendations.

Training

Training materials are available on how to use Assessment, including the following written tutorials:

• Assessment: Getting Started (PDF)
• Assessment: Responsible Person Tutorial (PDF)
• Assessment: Delegate Tutorial (PDF)
• Assessment: Authorized User Tutorial (PDF)

There are also some helpful short How-To training videos.  

If you have any further concerns or questions, contact EH&S.