Faculty Laboratory Safety Coordinator

The Faculty Laboratory Safety Coordinator shall assist departments in developing, implementing and monitoring laboratory safety standards that are consistent with applicable University safety policies. The duties of the Faculty Laboratory Safety Coordinator shall include: 

• Participating in periodic laboratory inspections as requested by the Director of Environmental Health and Safety, (See IIT Laboratory Inspection Policy ) 
• Working with faculty, staff and the Director of Environmental Health and Safety to develop and implement means of achieving compliance with applicable University laboratory safety policies in a way that minimizes the impact of compliance on the primary functions of the Director of Environmental Health and Safety, Deans, Chairs and Responsible Persons; 
  • The Faculty Laboratory Safety Coordinator also shall be responsible for the following: o Providing, on an annual basis, a list of documents required by the Director of Environmental Health and Safety to Deans, Chairs, faculty and staff; 
  • Assisting the Director of Environmental Health and Safety in working with the faculty, Chairs and Deans to develop and maintain easily used systems by which pertinent records are to be transmitted, maintained, revised, updated, reviewed and audited; 
  • Assisting the Chairs and Responsible Persons in the development of a Program, chemical hygiene plans, emergency plans, variances, standard operating procedures, and other documentation required by the Director of Environmental Health and Safety, as they may apply to laboratory safety; 
  • Assisting Chairs and faculty members in the development, presentation, and recordkeeping for laboratory safety training activities; 
  •  Providing Responsible Persons, Chairs and Deans the most recent versions of University laboratory safety-related policies on an annual basis or whenever such policies are modified or initiated; 
  • Requesting, on an annual basis, the assignments of laboratory space for which each Principal Investigator or Laboratory Safety Coordinator is responsible, and to ensure that these individuals are provided with a written copy of their respective responsibilities 
  • Assisting, as requested, the Deans in their annual audits and the Chairs in their annual reviews of required laboratory safety documentation; 
  •  Assisting, as requested, faculty members in the preparation of written laboratory safety variance applications;
  •  Assisting, as requested, Responsible Persons with assessments of the safety standards of their respective laboratory space; 
  • Assisting, as requested, the Responsible Persons in bringing their laboratory space into compliance with applicable University safety policies; and 
  • Acting as a resource available to the staff, faculty, academic administration, and the Director of Environmental Health and Safety in ensuring compliance with relevant University safety policies.

Tim Morrisson

Faculty Laboratory Safety Coordinator
312.567.3381
morrison@iit.edu