Safety Week 2025

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Physics Safety Week will take place from
Monday, January 27, through January 31, 2025.

Video: Safety Week Kick-off Meeting

The kick off meeting for Safety Week will take place Monday, January 27, 2025, 10:00-10:30 am, in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium. The theme for this year’s Safety Week is Electrical Safety.

After the kick off presentation by Nathalie Palanque Delabrouille, Physics Division Director, Ingrid Peterson, Division Safety Coordinator will present Electrical Safety in Physics – What you need to know.

Please note: All Physics staff are now required to take the online training EHS0260, General Electrical Safety.

Safety week is a great opportunity to catch up on all Work Planning and Control (WPC) required training, focus on workplace cleanups, chemical inventory and reconciliation, and updating door placards.

Lab Walkthroughs by Physics Division Leadership, LBNL Electrical Safety Officer and Safety Committee members will take place on Friday, January 31, 2025.

Office Walkthroughs will take place at a later date.

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Cleanest and Most Organized Lab Space, Group with Best WPC Compliance and The most improved Lab or Office space.

More detailed information can be found below:

All Staff- LBNL Employees and Affiliates:

  • Training: Complete all required training. Go to https://training.lbl.gov/ to view your training profile.
    Electrical Safety Training: EHS0260
  • ISM Training: Take LBL 0010 or ENG 1002. The latter is specifically designed for Physical Sciences.
  • Ergo Training: Complete all Ergo training, EHS0058, EHS0059 and EHS0054
  • Ergo Eval: Contact Bryan Abshier, babshier@lbl.gov
  • Supervisors: Encouraged to take the training EHS 0042, Overview of Supervisor’s EH&S responsibilities.
  • Activity Leads: Encouraged to take the training EHS 0011, Being an Activity Lead.
  • WPC: Make sure all Activities are up to date, staff is assigned to a WPC (Work Planning and Control) activity, they have accepted the activity and completed all the training. Those that do not perform work onsite need to be opted out – contact Ingrid Peterson, ibpeterson@lbl.gov

Housekeeping

  • Excess/Salvage old computers: Room 50-5034 will be the location where you can drop off old computers.
  • Place a tag with your name and cell number for property inventory processing, and put an entry in the Physics Computer Registry. Contact Bryan Abshier, babshier@lbl.gov for questions.
  • Discard paper, books, etc: recycling bins will be provided. Contact Ken Wilson, kwilson@lbl.gov for questions.

Additional steps for those working in Labs:

  • Discard unused lab equipment: Bins will be provided. Contact Ken Wilson, kwilson@lbl.gov for questions.
  • Chemical owners: Ensure all your chemicals have RFID tags and your chemical inventory is accurate.
  • Discard any unused chemicals by submitting a Hazardous Waste Requisition.
  • Door placards: Information to update can be found at Door Placards. Contact Adam Foote AFoote@lbl.gov for help.
  • Preventing Water leaks: For those with water-connected equipment, please take this opportunity to inspect those connections and perform any necessary preventive maintenance.

    Teleworkers and Remote Staff (including Affiliates):

  • Complete all required ergonomics training. You can go to https://training.lbl.gov/ to view your training profile.

Looking forward to a Safe Week and a Safe Division.

Thank you,

Ingrid B. Peterson