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Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tanks (11/08) Abrasive Wheels/Grinders - Bench, Floor, and Hand (7/09) Acrylamide (7/09) Aerosol Can Collection (5/08) All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) (12/08) Analytical X-ray Equipment (7/09) Animal Feeding Operations - Documentation and Recordkeeping Requirements (6/09) Animal Safety (12/08) Autoclave Operation and Performance Testing (9/08) Automatic External Defibrillators (5/08) Avoiding the Production of Biological Aerosols (5/08) Battery Disposal (9/09) Biohazard Door Postings (9/09) Biosafety Cabinets (5/08) Biosafety Containment Levels (8/09) Biosafety Training (7/09) Cart and Hand Truck Safety (7/09) Cell and Tissue Cultures (1/09) Centrifuge Safety (7/09) Chancellor's University Safety Committee (CUSC) (9/08) Chemical Container Labeling (7/08) Chemical Security (5/08) Chemicals of Concern - United States Department of Homeland Security Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (2/08) Cleaning Up Spills of Biohazardous Materials (11/09) Cleaning Up Spills of Bloodborne Pathogens (5/08) Communication of Work Area Safety Information (6/09) Compressed Gas Cylinders in Laboratories (7/08) Computers, Electronic Equipment, and Smoke Detectors (4/08) Construction Activities Environmental Protection & Compliance (8/09) Construction Site NPDES Permits (7/09) Contamination Surveys for Radioactive Material Laboratories (4/09) Cryogenic Material (7/09) Disinfectants for Biohazardous Materials (9/09) Disposal of Chloroform Contaminated Materials (2/07) Disposal of Office Items (5/08) Disposing of Biohazardous Materials (5/08) Door Postings for Potentially Hazardous Locations (6/09) Dosimetry Program (9/08) Electron Microscopes and X-Ray Photo-Spectrometers (7/09) Electrophoresis Safety (5/08) Elevated Work Surfaces and Fall Protection (2/08) Emergency Evacuation Planning (5/08) Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment (7/09) Empty Container Disposal (9/07) Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection for Pandemic Influenza Exposure Control (12/07) Ergonomics and Back Safety for Custodial Workers (7/09) Ergonomics Considerations for Offices (5/08) Ethidium Bromide Disposal (7/09) Excavations (7/09) Explosive (Powder) Actuated Tool Safety (7/09) Exposure Control for Chemical Reproductive Hazards (7/09) Fall Arrest Systems (2/08) Fire Safety - General Prevention and Extinguishers (1/09) First Aid Kits (5/08) Fluorescent and Other Non-Incandescent Lamps, Light Bulbs, and Ballasts (10/08) Food Event Safety (4/09) Forklift / Powered Industrial Truck Safety (1/08) General Electrical Safety (5/08) General Guidance for Chemical Ordering, Receipt, Distribution, Use & Storage (7/09) General Material Handling / Safe Lifting (5/08) Grain Bin Safety (1/09) Ground Glass and Glassware Safety (7/09) Hand and Portable Power Tool Safety (7/09) Handling Laundry Potentially Contaminated with Bloodborne Pathogens (5/08) Harvest Safety (1/09) Hazardous/Radioactive Material Collection Procedures (4/08) Heat Stress (12/08) Hearing Conservation (7/08) HIV and HBV Research Laboratories/Production Facilities (1/09) Hoists and Cranes (7/09) Horse Safety (1/09) Hot Plates, Drying Ovens, and Other Heating Devices (7/09) Hot Work Permit Operations (7/09) Human-use Diagnostic X-Ray Machines (7/09) Hydrofluoric Acid (7/09) Import and Transfer of Etiologic Agents (11/08) Importing Animals and Animal Products (11/08) Incident Reporting - National Institute of Health (NIH) Guidance (8/09) Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) (5/08) Insect Stings (12/08) Instructions for Personnel Entering Laboratories Containing Radioactive Materials (7/09) Items / Materials Prohibited from Trash Cans and Dumpsters (8/09) Jack Tool Safety (7/09) Job Safety Assessment (6/08) Laboratory Decommissioning (2/08) Laboratory Ergonomics (7/09) Laboratory Hood/Cabinet Identification and Use (7/09) Ladder Safety (6/09) Laser Classification and General Safety Control Measures (7/09) Lentiviral Vectors (1/09) Limitations on Fuel Consumption in Stationary Combustion Air Emission Sources (8/09) Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Portable Cylinders (7/09) Management of Construction and Demolition Waste (7/09) Medical Surveillance Exams (5/08) Metallic Mercury Spill Procedures (8/09) Microtome Safety (8/09) Minimizing Potential Employee Exposures During a Pandemic Influenza Event (4/08) Necropsy Biosafety (6/08) Non-Genetically Engineered Plant-Related Articles Requiring APHIS Transfer Permits (11/08) NUgrant IBC Protocol Form Instructions (9/09) On-the-Job Injuries and Accident Investigations (5/08) Opacity of Emissions From Combustion Sources (4/08) Outdoor Power Equipment Safety (12/08) Packaging and Shipping Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods (10/09) Pathological Incinerator Operator - Environmental Compliance Responsibilities (8/09) Pathological Waste Incinerators – Operating Permit Requirements (6/09) Personal Hearing Protection Devices (7/08) Personal Protective Equipment for Chemical Exposures (9/08) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Eyes and Face (9/08) Power Generators - Emergency Generator Operations Log (8/09) Power Generators - Non-Emergency Generator Operations Log (8/09) Power Generators - Permits and Compliance Requirements (8/09) Power Generators - UNL Generator List (8/09) Pre-Planning For and Responding To Chemical Spills (1/08) Preparing a Laboratory Biosafety Manual (7/09) Preserved Specimens Hazards, Storage, Labeling, and Disposal (8/09) Protect Your Skin (from skin cancer) (12/08) Pyrophoric Chemicals (8/09) Radiation Accidents (7/09) Radioactive Material Sewer Disposal (2/08) Radioactive Material Spills (6/09) Recombinant DNA - IBC and Other Review Requirements (10/09) Refrigerants (6/08) Respiratory Protection - Air Purifying Respirators; Cartridge Change Schedules (5/08) Respiratory Protection - Program Summary (4/08) Respiratory Protection - Use and Maintenance of Air Purifying Full-Face Mask Respirators (4/08) Respiratory Protection - Use and Maintenance of Air Purifying Half Mask Respirators (4/08) Respiratory Protection - Use and Maintenance of Filtering Facepiece Respirators (4/08) Respiratory Protection - Use and Maintenance of PAPR (Powered Air Purifying Respirators) (4/08) Respiratory Protection - Use and Maintenance of Supplied Air Respirators (Air-Line) (4/08) Respiratory Protection - Voluntary Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment (4/08) Safety Audit Guidelines for Biosafety Level 1 Laboratories (8/09) Safety Audit Guidelines for Biosafety Level 2 Laboratories (8/09) Safety Audit Guidelines for Chemical Laboratories (8/09) Safety Audit Guidelines for Kitchens (8/09) Safety Audit Guidelines for Offices, Conference Rooms and Similar Locations (8/09) Safety Audit Guidelines for Shops (8/09) Safety Protocol: 241 Am (Be) Neutron Probe (7/09) Safety Protocol: Ca-45 (7/09) Safety Protocol: C-14 (7/09) Safety Protocol: Cl-36 (7/09) Safety Protocol: Cr-51 (7/09) Safety Protocol: Fe-55 (7/09) Safety Protocol: Fe-59 (7/09) Safety Protocol: H-3 (7/09) Safety Protocol: I-125 (7/09) Safety Protocol: Na-22 (7/09) Safety Protocol: P-32 (7/09) Safety Protocol: P-33 (7/09) Safety Protocol: Se-75 (7/09) Safety Protocol: S-35 (7/09) Safety Protocol: Sealed Sources (5/07) Safety Protocol: Uranium (5/09) Safety Training for Employees Who Are Assigned to Alternate Work Sites (5/08) Security Advice for Biosafety Laboratories (6/08) Security of Radioactive Materials at UNL (3/08) Select Agents (11/08) Select Agents and Toxins - Clinical and/or Diagnostic Laboratory Activities (12/08) Sewer Disposal List (7/09) Sharps - Handling and Disposing (8/09) Shipping Biological Substances (10/09) Shipping Infectious Substances With or Without Dry Ice (10/09) Shipping Items With Dry Ice That Are Not Otherwise Dangerous Goods (10/09) Skid Steer Loaders (1/09) Slips, Trips, Falls - Reducing Risk and Avoiding Injury (5/08) Solvent Distillation (8/09) Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) - Hazards of Oil (11/08) Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) - Prevention of Oil Releases & Inspections (8/09) Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) - Spill/Release Preparation & Response (8/09) Standard and Special Microbiological Practices (2/09) State or Federal Hazardous Waste Inspections (8/09) Storage and Use of Flammable and Combustible Liquids (3/08) Storm Water Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) (5/08) Tractor Safety (12/08) Transport of Biohazardous Materials (Including Research and Clinical Specimens/Materials) (8/09) Tree Trimming (1/09) Use and Storage of Peroxide-Forming Chemicals (1/09) Used Motor Oil and Filter Management & Disposal (12/08) UST - Automatic Tank Gauging (8/09) UST - Closure Requirements (8/09) UST - Installation Requirements and Summary of Recommended Design Features (8/09) UST - Registrations, Permits, and Fees (8/09) UST - Release Requirements (8/09) UST - Summary of Recordkeeping Requirements (8/09) UST - Summary of Regulatory Requirements (8/09) Veterinary-Use X-ray Machines (7/09) Welding and Cutting Operations (7/09) Welding Lens Shade and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Selection (7/09) Woodworking Machine Safety (7/09)