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Chemical Safety Officer – Dr. Chris Kolodziej (310) 704-5013 Strathmore Building 4th Floor
UCLA Laboratory Safety Manual
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Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
An MSDS must be available for each hazardous substance in a laboratory’s chemical inventory.
MSDSs are available from:
Also, in Google or any other search engine, type “MSDS” and the name of the chemical.
For more information on materials safety, visit the EH&S Website.
List of Hazardous Chemicals
- Acute Toxins
- Reproductive Toxins
- Regulated Carcinogens
- Select Carcinogens
- Explosives
- Pyrophorics
- Fire Diamond HFRS Ratings
More General Health and Safety Resources
UCLA Biological Chemistry Safety Resources
Hazard Communications (Online training from OSHA)
UCI Library of SOPs for Hazardous Operations and Hazardous Materials
Surplus Chemical Redistribution Program Website
Prescription Eye Protection Request
Prescription Eye Protection Request – Department
Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
- How to Transport Chemicals
- How to Handle Particularly Hazardous Chemicals
- How to Handle Compressed Gas Cylinders
- How to Use Vacuum Lines
- Handling Vinyl Monomers
- How to Use Ozone Generators (* Requires Training)
- How to Work with Osmium Tetroxide (aka Osmic Acid, Perosmic Oxide)
- Spreading Bacterial Cultures
- Organolithium Safety (corrosive, flammable, and in certain cases pyrophoric)
- Safe Use of Pyrophoric Solids (* spontaneous ignition in air)
- Safe Use of Pyrophoric Liquid Reagents
- How to Work With Volatile & Malodorous Compounds