Hazardous Materials Incidents
Any spillage of a hazardous
chemical or radioactive material should be reported
immediately to Public Safety at ext. 2515 and the
Technical Safety Office at exts. 2310/2311, and to the
Pocatello Fire Department (911 if serious, 234-6100 if
non-serious).An Incident after hours should be reported to Public Safety. The ISU Technical Safety Office and Pocatello Fire Department have trained personnel to deal with hazardous materials and waste.
Promptly report any unsafe practices and conditions to your immediate supervisor or instructor. You can also use the anonymous reporting form on the Public Safety website at this link: http://www.isu.edu/pubsafe/security/silent.shtml
Before an Incident Involving Hazardous Materials Occurs:
- Become familiar with the hazardous materials within your
building.
- Know what the hazards are and their potential for harm.
- Know where and how hazardous substances are being
stored.
- Become familiar with first aid procedures essential for treating injured persons.
- Contact Public Safety at ext. 2515 and the Technical Safety Office at exts. 2310/2311.
- Public Safety will contact the necessary specialized authorities and medical personnel.
- When reporting be specific about the nature of the involved material and exact location.
- Public Safety will need the following information so that they can give aid:
- Name of caller
- Location of caller
- How and where contact can be re-established with the caller or another responsible party at the scene
- What has happened
- What Hazardous material(s) are involved
- Where accident happened
- When accident happened
- type and condition of containers
- Nature and extent of injuries to people
- Nature and extent of property damage
- Materials found in surrounding area
- Public Safety or Technical Safety will provide
information as to the dangers of a particular chemical, its
combusibility or explosive nature, its toxicity,
evacuation measures, protective equipment needed, firefighting
and/or first aid measures, and cleanup procedures
- Without endangering yourself and other personnel, contain the spill if possible. This will reduce the spread and danger of contamination.
- Do Not walk into or touch any spilled material.
- Avoid inhalation of gases, fumes and smoke even if no hazardous materials are involved.
- The individual in charge at the spill should evacuate the affected area at once and seal it off to prevent further contamination.
- Anyone who may be contaminated by the spill is to avoid contact with others as much as possible, remain in the area and give their name and other information to Public Safety personnel in the area.
- Administer first aid only according to rescuer's training.
- Rescue injured or trapped persons and remove them from the incident only if it is possible to do so without jeopardizing your own safety.
- If, as a result of the spill, a danger of fire, explosion, spread of toxic fumes, or further contamination of people exists, activate the building fire alarm system and evacuate the building.
- When the building evacuation alarm is sounded, walk to the nearest marked exit and ask others to do the same.
- Once outside proceed to the designated area of assembly
for that building. Areas of assembly are noted on the
orange and white information signs posted at every
entrance and elevator in each building. Stay there.
- Immediately notify emergency personnel of any injured
individuals remaining in the affected building.
- Do not return to an evacuated building unless told to do so by emergency personnel, building or University officials.
- Keep streets, fire lanes, hydrant areas, and walkways clear for emergency vehicles and personnel.
- A campus Incident Command Post (ICP) may be set up near
the incident. Keep clear of the ICP unless you have
official business.
Last Modified:
05/03/13 at 09:32:56 AM