Chemical Standard Operating Procedures

It is the Principal Investigator’s responsibility to provide written SOPs specific to potential safety and health risks arising from the use of particularly hazardous chemicals. These may include carcinogens, reproductive toxins, highly reactive chemicals, and substances with high acute toxicity. 

 

To assist PI’s in developing their SOPs, EHS has developed templates for a wide variety of chemical hazards. These SOP templates are generally grouped by control bands, which specify a common set of precautions that apply to chemicals with a specific hazard, or combination of hazards, associated with them. Chemicals for which no control band is appropriate retain their own specific SOPs.

 

SOP templates for both chemical specific and hazard categories can be found below. Please submit a service request to EHS if you require assistance in determining which control band applies to a particular material. 

 

Standard Operating Procedures by Hazardous Category:

Acetylene

Acrylonitrile

Acutely Toxic Carcinogens & Reproductive Toxicants

Acutely Toxic Chlorinated Solvents

Acutely Toxic Corrosives

Acutely Toxic Explosive Chemicals

Acutely Toxic Flammable Gasses

Acutely Toxic Gasses

Acutely Toxic Oxidizers

Acutely Toxic Oxidizing Corrosives

Acutely Toxic Oxidizing Gasses

Acutely Toxic Pyrophoric Gasses

Acutely Toxic Water Reactive Chemicals

Acute Toxicants

Alkyl Phosphines

Ammonium Perchlorate & Ammonium Nitrate

Anesthetics

Carcinogenic & Reproductively Toxic Gasses

Carcinogens Reproductive Toxicants

Chromic Acid & Dichromate Salts

Compressed Gasses

Corrosive Carcinogens & Reproductive Toxicants

Corrosive Flammable Gasses

Corrosive Flammables

Corrosives

Corrosive Water Reactives

Cryogens

Cyanide Salts

Dimethylcadmium

Epichlorohydrin

Ethidium Bromide

Flammable Gasses

Flammables

Formaldehyde

Halogenated Solvents

Hydrazine

Hydrofluoric Acid

Mercury & Organomercury

Mercury Fulminate & Lead Azide

Methylchlorosilane

Nitric Acid

Nitromethane

Novel Chemicals With Unknown Hazards

Osmium Tetroxide

Oxidizers

Oxidizing Carcinogens & Reproductive Toxicants

Oxidizing Corrosives

Oxidizing Gasses

Peracetic Acid

Perchloric Acid

Peroxide Formers

Peroxide Forming PHS

Phenol 

Phosgene

Picric Acid

Potentially Explosive Chemicals

Pyrophorics & Self Heating Materials

Silane

Sodium Amide & Potassium Metal

Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide

Tetranitromethane

Water Reactives