If a hazardous materials spill occurs, follow your lab’s written emergency response procedures. DO NOT attempt to clean up a spill unless you have the training and resources to clean the spill without risk to yourself or others.
For more information on hazardous materials spills in a laboratory, refer to guidance from the Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS) Laboratory Procedures for Spills and in the NIH Chemical Hygiene Plan.
For High-Level Hazard Spills (laboratory spills that cannot be controlled)
- Evacuate the area and close doors behind you.
- Initiate first aid to any exposed or injured employees in accordance with the safety data sheet.
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Call 911.
- Warn others to not enter the area.
- Do not attempt to reenter the space until told it is safe to do so.
- Report to OMS in Building 10, Room 6C306 within one hour of an exposure.
