MYJOHNSHOPKINS.EDU
Prospective Students | Current Students/Postdocs
Coming Soon - Postdoc and Graduate Student Funding Opportunities!
Safety
The Department of Chemistry is committed to providing a safe environment for staff and students to perform the necessary laboratory procedures for completion of their research or education. A basic part of providing this environment is to ensure that everyone in the laboratory follows standard operating procedures (SOP) when working with specific chemical hazard classes.
The link below will direct you to a pdf document outlining standard operating procedures developed by the Johns Hopkins University Safety Office. All graduate students, post docs, and lab staff are required to review these documents on an ANNUAL basis.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hse/guidance/G07.pdf
To ensure compliance, once these documents have been reviewed, graduate students, post docs, and lab staff are required to submit an "acknowledgement form" by submitting the form found at:
http://chemistry.jhu.edu/forms/safety.html
Certain research laboratories may have lab-specific SOPs. These lab-specific SOPs should also be reviewed on an annual basis. Please check the department website for updates throughout the year.
EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE AND EMERGENCY INCIDENT REPORTING
If you are injured while in a lab as a research or teaching assistant you are required to report to Occupational Health, 6th fl Wyman Park Bldg. At all other times go to the Emergency Room of Union Memorial Hospital (two blocks east of the University on Calvert and 33rd Streets). Students may also contact the Chemistry Department Office, Remsen 138, ext. 6-7429. Transportation will be made available during the working hours.
If you are injured at work, please notify your supervisor immediately and contact the Department of Occupational Health Services at 410-516-0450. Students will be required to complete and submit to the department an incident report. This report can be found on Occupational Health’s web site at http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hse/forms/IncRpt.pdf . If you observe conditions or practices you consider unsafe, contact the professor in charge of the laboratory course or research laboratory. Hazardous situations outside of a specific laboratory should be brought to the attention of the Facilities Manager, the Safety Officer, or the Department Chair.
FIRE Set off fire alarm (red box in corridor; note location).
From a phone outside the fire area, call Security at 6-7777, 911 or dial 0.
THEFT Call Security at 6-7777 or 0 (operator). For non-emergencies dial 6-4600.
SERIOUS INJURY/ Call Security at 6-7777, dial 0 (operator), or call 911.
AMBULANCE
EYE INJURY Use Eye Wash Fountains and call Security at 6-7777.
Ask for an Ambulance with eye wash service.
POISONING Call Security at 6-7777 and the Maryland Poison Control at 410-706-7701 or
1-800-222-1222.
RADIOACTIVITY Call Mina Razavi at 6-7278 (office, days only), or Security at 6-7777.
HOOD SHUTDOWN Call the Facilities Manager at 410-516-7458, or Security at 6-7777.
FLOOD
ODOR
SPILL
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences - Crisis Management Summary
Important Phone Numbers
Emergencies (Campus Security) 6-7777
Homeland Security Hotline 1-888-223-0033
Baltimore Police 911 (Campus Security if dialed from University)
JHU Weather Emergency 6-7781
Homewood Information 6-8000
Facilities Management 6-8060
Hopkins IT 6-4357
HVAC 6-8931
Housekeeping 6-8931
What is an emergency?
Any incident that threatens the safety of KSAS/WSE students, faculty, and staff, or interferes significantly with the ability to provide educational and support services should be considered an emergency or crisis situation that requires immediate action by school administrators.
General rules of response
There are two simple guidelines to follow in the event of an emergency:
· IF THE DANGER IS OUTSIDE, STAY IN THE BUILDING
· IF THE DANGER IS INSIDE, LEAVE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY
In the event of an urgent life-threatening emergency (e.g., fire, explosion), all persons should immediately evacuate the premises. If possible, call Campus Security (6-7777), sound a fire alarm, and warn fellow workers, students, and others.
General emergencies
Contact: Campus Security Office (6-7777)
Contact: KSAS: Dean Adam Falk (410-516-4065) and/or Divisional Crisis Response Officer: Jeffrey Grossi
(410-516-8511)
WSE: Dean Nick Jones (410-516-4050) and/or Divisional Crisis Response Officer: Alison Wampler
(410-516-6846)
· The Security Office will assist with the emergency.
· The Security Office will call 911, if appropriate.
· The Deans will notify appropriate persons within the schools.
· The Deans will determine if notification further up the chain of command is necessary (i.e., CRT, News and Information, General Counsel). The Deans will complete Incident Report and notify Occupational Health if necessary.
Stockroom/Instrumentation
Forms
Advisor Agreement Form (Microsoft Word Format)
Useful Information
On-Line Resources
Health, Safety, and Environment Department - Safety Manual
2008 - 2009 Graduate Student Handbook
Graduate Student Endowment Stores
The Graduate Experience - Resources for Graduate Students
Career Resources
Graduate Student Liaison Committee
The Chemistry Student Liaison Committee is a group of chemistry graduate students that provide assistance in organizing events that will foster the growth of social networking/interactions within the Chemistry Department and the Johns Hopkins community. These events include monthly social hours (happy hours), the annual golf tournament and organizing the Roseman Graduate Student-Hosted Symposium. The committee also provides assistance with annual department activities such as the mentoring of prospective students, graduate recruitment weekend and orientation week events.
Students wishing to participate in these activities are encouraged to contact the committee at SLC@jhu.edu