SAFETY INFORMATION
for the
THAYER SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Safety Contacts (who to talk to):

• Emergencies DIAL 911 (NOT 9-911)

  • Fire: Leave the area, closing doors; Pull alarm; call 911 (more information).
  • Chemical Spill: Leave the area, closing doors; if hazard to others pull alarm; if emergency, dial 911; flush exposed areas with large volumes of water (more information).
  • Heart Attack: Call 911. Shout "HELP". Send someone to fetch AED (below). Administer CPR if you know how, or ask bystander to find someone who does (possibly: Instrument Room (Roger Dauphinais), Copy Room (Ken Clifford). Thayer has two AED devices that may restore normal heart rhythm and will speak instructions for use to an untrained assistant.
    AED (automated external defibrillator) locations:
    • Cummings Great Hall, 1st floor, South Wall, near passage to Atrium
    • MacLean Ground Floor near front stairwell, East Wall, opposite and to right of reception desk in Atrium.
  • Shooter in Building: DO NOT pull fire alarm. Run to a safe location, out of the building if you can safely, else Shelter-in-place: Close doors, pull shades, turn off any sound producing device and remain out of sight. If you must fight, be aggressive. Dial 911. Call Safety and Security (6-3333) if you can do so safely. Thayer Dean's office will active building notification for shelter-in-place. See Dartmouth's Shooter/Hostile Intruder page for more information

• Thayer School of Engineering Contacts

  • Prof. Christopher Levey, Thayer School Director of Safety
    217e Cummings, Phone: 6-2071 (646-2071 off campus)
  • Mr. Gary Durkee, Thayer School Safety Officer
    17 Cummings, Phone: 6-3457 (646-3457 off campus)
  • Mary Kay Brown, Thayer School Biochemical Safety and MSDS distribution
    124 or 120 Cummings, Phone: 6-1467 (646-1467 off campus)
  • Thayer Safety Committee:
    Mary Kay Brown, John Collier, Gary Durkee, Christopher Levey, Bill Lotko (chair), Laura Ray
  • Safety FAQ - who to ask

• Dartmouth Environmental Health and Safety Office Contacts

  PHONE: 6-1762 (646-1762 off campus)
  BEEPER (nights and weekends): 9 + 442-1058 (442-1058 off campus)
  • Mike Cimis, MS, CHMM, Associate Director, Dartmouth College EHS, Dartmouth Chemical Safety Officer
  • Eric Cook Dartmouth College Biosafety Officer.
  • Katrina Morgan, CHMM, (for chemical waste disposal issues)
  • Jason Angell (for fire and life safety, and hood certification issues).
  • Sandy Trefethen, CSP (for facilities, occupational hygene, ergonomics issues)

• Dartmouth Emergency Preparedness

  • Harry Kinne, Director Safety and Security, 603-646-4000
  • Nicky Buck, Emergency Management Coordinator 603-646-1762

Thayer School Safety Training

• Thayer General Safety Seminar: required once in career at Thayer for all faculty, technical staff, and graduate students. Also required for ENGS-21 and any undergrad projects with relevant safety issues. (NOTE: previous Thayer seminars A (1hr) and B (2hr) for undergrad and grad/faculty are now (2012) replaced by this one seminar plus the web module Introduction to Laboratory Safety)
• Machine Shop Safety Training: required for working in the machine shop; ordinarily offered early in each term
• Research lab specific safety courses: required of students working in certain labs without direct supervision
• Fire Extinguisher Training: training including hands-on experience with using an extinguisher, required of DFR and staff working in labs with particular fire hazards.
• Web based training modules on Bioraft (require Webauth login with blitzmail name and password). The following online courses are required for use of certain resources at Thayer.
  Thayer Specific:
  • Power Hand Tool Safety for checking out keys to lockers with power hand tools
  • Electrical Safety for Thayer School for supervised work on circuits with more than 35V exposed.
  General Laboratory and Hazardous Waste:
  • Introduction to Laboratory Safety a 2hr course for anyone working in a lab with chemicals or other hazardous materials. This replaces the second half (chemical safety and risk management) of the previous Thayer Safety Seminars.
  • Hazardous Waste Management for ordering or using hazardous materials. For lab users.
  • Hazard Communication Training: chemical safety for non-laboratory areas.
  Specialized Laboratory Training:
  • X-ray Safety for using x-ray diffractometers at Thayer or medical x-ray work at DHMC.
  • Biosafety (BSL2) Training for those working in labs with pathogenic agents.
  • Laser Safety Training for those working with lasers over class II which are not integrated into systems.
  Entire Dartmouth List:
  • All Web Based Training Modules
  NOTE: For persons who have not yet received a Dartmouth ID and email, this workspace link allows registration and access to Introduction to Laboratory Safety, but does not result in your name being registered in our database (Bioraft). Be sure to save the electronic receipt of your session!

1. You need to have a secure (hardwire or wireless "Dartmouth Secure" or VPN) .dartmouth.edu connection
2. Click on Safety Training Database for web interface.
3. If requested, select Guest Account and press "Login".
4. Click on magnifying glass at the top left (rightmost of three icons-"find function").
5. Enter your last name in first (upper left) box
6. Press the "Perform Find" button in left panel
7. A status of "OK" means requirements satisfied, "required" means you need to take the appropriate seminar (A or B).
8. If your name is not found, make sure you are searching all records; use the magnifying glass at the top of the left panel, not the smaller one which sometimes shows up in the middle of the panel.

Thayer Safety Logistics:

• Where to find (building floorplans):
  • Chemical Resistant Gloves, and Goggles, Safety Glasses and Face Masks:
    Instrument Room (M 025), Couch Project Lab (M 014), Materials Processing Lab (M 026), Shop (C 026)(see PPE below)
  • Hearing Protection:
    Instrument Room (M 025)
  • Fume Hoods/Respiratory Protection:
    High Airflow room (M 018) off Couch Lab (but ask Prof. Levey first), Various Research Labs
  • Eyewash/shower:
    MacLean Basement: hall near elevator (map)
    MacLean Ground: hall near Materials Processing Lab (M 026) and Atrium (map)
    Cummings Basement: Lynd Lab (three) and Ice Lab Service Corridor: map)
    Cummings Ground: Inside Nanocancer Center (Baker) and Orthopedic Materials (Collier) labs (map)
    Cummings First: Outside Biotech Teaching Lab and in Ackerman lab (map)
    Cummings Second: Inside Microengineering Lab cleanroom (map)
    Other labs-ask Gary Durkee
  • Hazardous Waste Disposal (lab pickup):
    Katrina Morgan (EHS)
  • Sharps Disposal (glass, razer blades):
    Instrument Room (M 025), Materials Processing Lab near door (M 026)
  • Battery Disposal:
    Instrument Room (M 025), Couch Project Lab bin near sink, Cummings Loading Dock (universal waste bucket)
  • Replacement for frayed power cord:
    Instrument Room (M 025)
  • Chemical Safety Properties (MSDS...):
    see "Material Safety Data Sheets" below or contact Prof. Levey
  • Chemical ordering information:
    investigate safety first, get PI approval for safe use and disposal. More information from Prof. Levey or Mike Cimis at EHS.
  • Emergency phones (not voice over IP but direct to Fairpoint):
    On the wall outside but near the passenger elevator door at each floor of MacLean and Cummings Halls
  • Other:
    ask Prof. Levey in Cummings 217e

• Who to contact for safety questions about:
  • General physical (including clutter):
    Gary Durkee, Instrument Room
  • General chemical:
    Chris Levey, Mary Kay Brown, Michael Cimis(EHS)
  • General electrical:
    Terry Priestley, Doug Fraser, Charlie Sullivan, Chris Levey
  • General biochemical/biotech:
    Mary Kay Brown, Brian O’Shea (EHS)
  • Hazardous Waste Disposal (lab pickup):
    katrina.morgan@dartmouth.edu (EHS)
  • Equipment Disposal:
    Instrument Room(they will evaluate and arrange with Sarah.A.LaBombard@Dartmouth.EDU for pickup)
  • Fire Safety:
    Gary Durkee, Jason Angell (EHS)
  • x-ray, laser, radiation use (special training required):
    Chris Levey, Auggie Ong (EHS)
  • Ergonomics, occupational hygene:
    Sandy Trefethen (EHS)
  • Overall safety concerns at Thayer:
    Thayer Safety Committee (listed above)

• Forms
  • x-ray film badge request form pdf format(recommended) or html format. Hard copy must be signed and delivered by campus mail or FAX to EHS. Users of the Laue or Lang cameras must request a RING as well as a body badge.

Personal Protective Equipment

• Full Thayer School Personal Protective Equipment Statement
• Gloves: Available from the instrument room, in the materials labs, and in the research labs. Disposable nitrile recommended over latex. Glove use posters and chemical resistance charts are available throughout the building (e.g. Materials Lab, Instrument room).
• Safety Glasses, Chemical Splash Goggles: Available from the instrument room, in the materials labs, and in research labs. Thayer color code: black frame is standard size, yellow frame fits over ordinary glasses; blue frame for narrow faces.

Material Safety Data Sheets and other safety information

• Complete Dartmouth MSDS database (requires Dartmouth Blitz authentication).

• Other MSDS databases
• Prudent Practices in the Laboratory - Handling and Disposal of Chemicals in Knovel format (available soon as of fall 2007) Also available from National Academies of Science Press for free online use.

• LexisNexis MSDS database (in SELECT SOURCE TYPE box, choose Material Safety Data Sheets). If this link fails, use the Dartmouth Library catalog entry.

• individual MSDS sheets partial listing of some Thayer materials only.

• UIUC list of Internet MSDS resources

• Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries from "Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposal of Chemicals", National Academy of Sciences, 1995.

• Hazardous Chemical Backgrounders from the Environmental Health Center (National Safety Council)

• ToxFAQs from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

• Fisher Scientific has integrated a MSDS database of most of their products into their electronic catalog.

• Cole Parmer Chemical Resistance / Material Compatability Database

• Incompatible Chemicals; a partial listing

Electrical safety

• Circuits with exposed potentials over 35 volts (AC or DC) can be dangerous and require supervision of a qualified faculty or staff member. See: Thayer Electrical Safety Guidelines
• The fatal current (New Jersey State Council of Electrical Contractors Associations, Inc. Bulletin VOL. 2, NO. 13).

Specific lab safety information:

• Thayer Microengineering Laboratory Safety
• Thayer School Machine Shop
• Couch Project Lab Lab Ettiquette and After Hours Use Agreement

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Please refer to the white three ring Dartmouth EHS "Policies and Procedures" binders for more complete information on safety at Dartmouth.

Dartmouth Engineering

Dartmouth EHS

Christopher.G.Levey@ dartmouth.edu