[labnetwork] Wet chemicals after hours policy and emergency response

[Mark Hofheins]

1. Normal operating hours of our clean room : 7:00am to 5:00pm

2. The only after hours work is if a customer has a few minutes left to finish a critical process,

with that in mind we are 15 to 30 minutes max and as the rarity not the norm.

3.  Any work with 3.Acids or Corrosives require a buddy in the cleanroom.

4. We have a safety presentation and questionnaire that everyone must take before being allowed to process in the cleanroom, spills and clean-up are described in this and personal are to call the staff for clean-up.  This keeps untrained personal from putting themselves in danger.

5. HF spills are defiantly handled by trained staff only

6.  Any after hours problem is handled by the emergency on call personal. (Trained staff)

7. We have staff on call 24hrs 7days a week for emergencies.

8.  the Staff handles all situations and will alert appropriate persons for any health or safety needs. (Again, we do not do after hours processing)

9. There are 2 of us. We handle all situations and call in required help when necessary.

      By keeping good guidelines and kindly enforcing necessary rules, we are able to keep a very safe environment for Students and customers.


Mark Hofheins

mhofheins at unm.edu<mailto:mhofheins at unm.edu>

505-710-3527


Micro Electronics Technician

Manufacturing Engineering

University of New Mexico MTTC

800 Bradbury S.E.  Suit 235

Albuquerque, New Mexico

87106-4346


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Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 6:56 AM
To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
Subject: [labnetwork] Wet chemicals after hours policy and emergency response

Good morning all,

I know this has been discussed endlessly but due to the high importance of the topic and the fact that we're on the verge of opening a renovated clean room at CU I was hoping to perform a quick survey to get some helpful feedback from this wonderful network. If I get many responses I can send a summary of the results to the list.

1. What are the normal operating hours of the clean room? what is considered "afterhours"?
2. Do you allow all wet chemical processing after hours? If not, what are the processes which are not allowed after hours?
3. What are the conditions required in order to be able to do wet chemical processing after hours? (e.g. buddy, certifications, special training?)
4. Who deals with chemical spills? (staff, EH&S, users themselves?)
5. Are HF spills treated by the same personnel?
6. What is the emergency response to a large spill afterhours? (let's assume for simplicity with no people affected) Is the spill cleaned immediately? Who gets called? Do you instruct the users to call 911 (or the equivalent in a different country)?
7. Do you have staff coverage after hours? By actual presence/on-call?
8. Do you have EH&S support after hours? By actual presence/on-call?
9. How large is your clean room staff? (number of people)

I'd appreciate any response...

Thanks!

Nava



Nava Ariel-Sternberg, Ph.D.
Director of CNI Facilities
Columbia University
530 W120th Street, NY 10027
Room 1015/MC 8903
Office: 212-854-9927
Cell: 201-562-7600

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