Safety Policy
The Engineering Design and Development Services (EDDS) facilities consist of the North Shop area (1220 Bainer Hall), a South Shop area (1329, 1307, and 1334 Bainer Hall), an Electronics Services area (2162 Kemper Hall), and Shipping and Receiving (south side of Bainer Hall). The following safety policies are required to be followed by all EDDS staff and any user of EDDS facilities. Violation of these safety policies may result in loss of EDDS access or other disciplinary action at the discretion of the EDDS Manager.
Eye Protection
All EDDS staff, EDDS users, and visitors must wear eye protection that meets the ANSI Z-87.1-1989 standard while in the North Shop and South Shop areas, except for office and break room areas. Safety glasses with side shields are posted at each entrance door for EDDS users and visitors.
For people who wear corrective glasses, eye protection must be of the type that can be worn over glasses. Prescription-ground safety lenses may be substituted if they provide equivalent protection and if side shields are attached to the glasses frame.
All EDDS staff, EDDS users, and visitors who are welding or viewing welding activities must wear eye protection from the radiation produced bywelding. Appropriate eye protection will be provided at the welding areas.
Arc welding or arc cutting operations require the use of welding helmets with an appropriate filter lens.
Goggles with filter plates or tinted glass are required for gas welding or oxygen cutting operations.
Full-face shields and safety glasses are required for portable hand grinding operations and some stationary grinding machines. Signs are posted in areas where full-face shields are required.
Hand and Body Protection
Ties, rings, watches, bracelets, unbuttoned long sleeves, dresses, or other loose clothing cannot be worn while operating machinery.
Long hair must be tied back or covered by a cap while operating machinery.
Long pants must be worn while in the North and South shop areas when working with any machine tools or equipment, sheet metal or metal scraps, and welding equipment.
Machine guards provided for a machine must be in place whenever the machine is operated. Guards or shields removed for maintenance must be replaced before the machine is used.
Respiratory Protection
Welding must be conducted with good ventilation. The movable welding fume hoods must be used whenever welding is occurring inside the EDDS shop areas.
Foot Protection
All EDDS staff who normally work in the North Shop and South Shop areas will be furnished annually with steel-toed shoes, and are expected to wear these shoes while working in the shop areas.
Non-EDDS staff, faculty, and students must wear closed-toe shoes when working with any machine tools or equipment, hand tools, sheet metal or metal scraps, and welding equipment.
Back Protection
EDDS staff and users must not attempt to lift more than 50 lbs unassisted, and should ask others to help in lifting any heavy tool, attachment, or equipment.
Use appropriate lifting techniques, hoist, fork trucks, and other lifting devices as needed to prevent back injuries.
Chemical Safety
All oil and other chemical waste are to be disposed in the hazardous waste drums located near the north door of the South Shop and in the washroom area of the North Shop.
MSDS information is located in the South Shop area in the front office, and in the North Shop area in the washroom. Always consult the MSDS when using a chemical for the first time, or when a review of the safety precautions is needed.
Any new chemical, cleaner, or solvent that is brought into the EDDS facilities must have a copy of the MSDS on file in the particular area in which the chemical is used and stored.
Visitor Safety
A “visitor” is defined as a person who is not intending to use shop equipment or hand tools, but must visit the shop for a short time.
The pathway between the yellow lines painted on the shop floor is to keep visitors who are not wearing long pants and closed toed shoes away from machining, fabrication, and welding areas. This pathway also marks the egress route in case of evacuation. The pathway must be kept unobstructed and clear of debris such as metal chips, machinery, hand tools, and other objects.
EDDS staff must escort visitors outside the aisles marked by yellow lines if the visitors are not wearing long pants and closed toed shoes.
General Safety Practices
EDDS staff and users cannot operate machinery or conduct welding operations when alone in the shop areas.
All machine tools and welding equipment have potential safety hazards. Machine tools and welding equipment can only be used if safety training on that machine has been completed and documented.
Machine operators should not be startled while he/she is in contact with the machine.
Each machine can only have one operator at a time. Do not touch the controls on a machine that is being operated by someone else.
Machine tools and hand tools that are unsafe should not be used, and should be reported immediately to the EDDS Manager.
All machines and the surrounding work area will be cleaned and wiped down after use, including sweeping the floor.
Injuries, no matter how small, must be reported to the EDDS Manager immediately. Anyone who is injured, other than small superficial cuts and abrasions, must be seen by a medical professional as soon as possible. The medical professionals are located as follows:
- Students in classes held in EDDS facilities
- Non-emergencies: Cowell Student Health Center.
- Emergencies: Sutter Davis Hospital, located at 2000 Sutter Place in Davis (Covell Blvd at Hwy 113).
- EDDS Staff and Student Employees during Normal Work Hours
- Non-emergencies: Employee Health, located at 501 Oak Avenue (off-campus).
- Emergencies: Sutter Davis Hospital, located at 2000 Sutter Place in Davis (Covell Blvd at Hwy 113).
- After Hours Care
- Sutter Davis Hospital, located at 2000 Sutter Place in Davis (Covell Blvd at Hwy 113).
Call 911 from any campus phone for emergency care and transport to Sutter Davis Hospital.
In the event of fire or building evacuation, everyone must leave the shop areas immediately. People in the North Shop and the Electronic Services area should assemble in front of the Hog Barn located on the north side of Bainer Hall. People in the South Shop and Shipping and Receiving should assemble on the lawn on the south side of Bainer Hall, directly in front of Crocker Nuclear.