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Updated: 12/28/2011

 
Job Description Hazards Priority Reason Approval Date Revision
Year
(3yr cycle)
JRA Code

Site Wide Cross Cutting Activities

Activities common to many on site including walking,bicycling, driving,travel, electrical, manual material handling, office work.

mainly slips, trips, falls

High

Recent lost work case; daily activity for nearly all workers.

Ongoing-site wide tracked by BNL OSH rep

 

Ongoing

 

Site Level JRAs

 

Work with Non human primates in research Some staff work with baboons Bites, scratches, splash to eye, needlestick injury (bloodborne issues, tetanus) High Near-needlestick injury.  Controls in place but has potential for injury.

2/20/06
King
Carter
Petry
Colichio
Emrick
Pyatt

FY08: 8/1/08
FY11:  2/2/11
FY14


DJ-JRA02-Primates.2
Work with small animals in research Rats and mice are commonly used.  Handling, restraint, anesthetizing Bites, scratches, allergies, exposure to anaesthetic High Daily activity for many workers, many small animal bites reported to OMC over the past several years.
Rev 1: 5/9/08
Original:
7/24/06

Cabelli, Emrick, Marstellar, Schlyer

9/10/06
Thanos, Du, Dhawan, Colichio, Emrick  

FY08: 5/9/08

FY11: 2/2/11


FY14

DJ-JRA03A.2-Rodents

 

 

Animal Husbandry Routine animal care and handling Bites, Scratches, allergies, back injury High Daily activity for animal care staff. Some animal bites reported to OMC Rev 1: 1/16/08 
8/30/06

Petry, Bonti, Snyder, Reiszel, Emrick, Colichio

FY08: 1/16/08
FY14

DJ-03B.1-Husbandry

Nano-Animal Handling in BLAF Routine animal handling of animals injected with gold nanoparticles Bites, scratches, contamination of nano. Med Infrequent, follows Work Permit. Limited staff 5/20/08

Hainfeld,
Dilmanian
Emrick
Colichio
Kershaw
Bonti
FY08
Completed
5/20/08
FY14

DJ-03C-NanoAnimal
Work with high temperature/pressurized systems Autoclaving.  High temperature, steam, pressure, lifting High Some injuries related to autoclave use reported (burns, steam). Potential for serious injury

11/29/05
Dunn, Emrick, Colichio, Bullis, Piper, DeMasi, Romeo

FY08:9/15/08
FY11: 6/9/11
FY14

DJ-JRA04.2-Autoclaves
Material Handling (Mechanical) Rigging, cranes, forklifts Operation of overhead crane,

forklifts where needed; includes PE rigging, incidental rigging and transportation by staff

Med Equipment is locked and keys

are only available to trained and qualified personnel, but other incidents within Lab raises level of concern.

8/1/06

Bullis,  O'Conor, Schnakenberg, Kurczak

Rev. 1 FY08
Completed
2/20/08
FY14



DJ-JRA05.1-MaterialHand
Vehicle Use Vehicle use for moving materials and personnel Roadway accidents Med Continuing concern expressed by workers; potentially high consequence for accidents but drivers are NYS licensed.  7/6/06

Emrick, Colichio, Ferrone, Petry, Sautkulis, Harris

FY08
Completed
9/10/08
ongoing

Site Level JRA
Work with human subjects Human subjects are used as part of imaging program Bloodborne hazards, aggressive behavior (neuropsych), controlled subs Medium Controls have been effective.   10/11/06
R. Colichio, A. Emrick, K. Apelskog-Torres, B. Jayne
FY08
Completed
9/15/08

FY14


DJ-JRA08.1-clinical
Work with biohazardous materials and bloodborne pathogens Various hazardous biologicals including virus, toxins, recombinant DNA, human cell lines, blood and body fluid Bloodborne hazards, toxins cause paralysis, neurological damage. Medium Controls are in place and have been effective.  10/11/06

Etiologic agents and toxins:
Emrick, Colichio, Swami, Kumaran, Eswar

FY08: 9/17/08

FY11: 8/5/11

7/24/06         Blood Lab Procedures
Cabelli, Alexoff, King 


FY14

 DJ-JRA09.2-Biologicals


 

 Bloodlab See Chemistry JRA site

Regulated Medical Waste Program management Transport of RMW on-site and packaging of regulated medical waste for off-site disposal. Lifting, sharps, bloodborne hazards, transportation safety Medium Controls are in place and have been effective. Has potential for injury

2/3/06
Colichio, Pyatt, Ferrone, Emrick

FY08:8/20/08 (Adams/Pavlak)

Revisited 1/21/10 to include new PPE
FY13
DJ-JRA10.1-RMW
Electronics Assembly of circuit boards, testing, (non-electrical) Burns, lacerations, fire Medium Hazard experienced daily by a few workers. Controls have been effective. CAD shock incidents raise level of concern. Rev 1: 3/18/08

7/6/06          Trunk, Colichio, Emrick

6/9/11

FY14

DJ-JRA11.1-Electronics
Machine Shop Work Various shops maintained by research groups. Operation of lathes, drill presses, etc. Overexertion; Repetitive motion; intense visual acuity; being caught or compressed by machinery; being struck by object; cut by sharp object Medium OSHA violations of machine guarding and mounting corrected; some housekeeping problems. Rev 1: 3/13/08 
1/31/06

Bullis
Schnakenberg
Kurczak
O'Conor

7/6/06 
Trunk, Langdon, Lara, Emrick, Colichio

Rev 1: 3/17/08

Rev 2: 4/21/11
J. Lara, J. Trunk, T. Langdon, R. Colichio, J. Gatz


FY14




DJ-JRA12.1-MachineShop

 

 

 

 

DJ-JRA12A.2-TechShop

General Compressed Gas Work Storage and use throughout Department Struck by object; ODH/toxicity concerns; overexertion Medium OSHA violations have been corrected; quantity and variety on hand raises concern level.

Rev 1: 9/26/07

1/31/06

9/28/10 Trunk w/NSLS


FY14

DJ-JRA13.1-CompressedGas
Hazardous, Mixed and Radioactive Waste Management  waste generation and disposal Chemical reactions; toxicity; fire; sensitivity Medium Many recent RCRA violations; generators do not comprehend severity of incorrect actions and choose what they view as proper rather than following regulations.

1/21/06

Ferrone, Emrick, Colichio, Pavlak, Guida, Faleiro

FY08
Completed 8/20/08 Pavlak/Adams

FY14

DJ-JRA14-HazWaste
Working with Lasers Laser work  limited to one group Eye injury; skin burns; fires; chemical sensitivity Medium Laser exposure controlled by enclosure,  interlocks, PPE, and SOPs. Recent BNL injury raises level of concern.

Rev 1: 3/17/08

10/30/05
Piper, Weilandics, Emrick, Sautkulis, Colichio, Trunk

FY08
Completed
3/17/08
FY14

RETIRED CURRENTLY NO LASER USE
General Cryogenic Work Filling dewars and cryostats with LN2 and LHe (sometimes large quantities); testing of components intended for cryogenic operation; cold fitting of mechanical parts Contact with temperature; ODH; being struck by object; falls to lower level Medium PPE is used effectively, ODH concerns are addressed, but workers underestimate hazards, some work not fully reviewed.  10/6/06       Emrick, Colichio, Lin, Setlow, Shea-McCarthy, Kumaran 

7/24/06           MRI Cryogen Fills
Cabelli, Wang

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio

FY12

DJ-JRA16-Cryogens

 


 

Hazardous Chemical Work Work with carcinogens, listed chemicals, Hg, peroxidizables, pyrophoric chemicals, oxidizers, etc. Chemical toxicity; chemical sensitivity; chemical reaction; fire Medium Work done in hoods as a control; additional controls for environmental and BNL special concerns where needed.  9/30/06        Micca, Miura, Emrick, Colichio, Whittle

 

7/10/06            Acid Bath
Colichio, Emrick, Sautkulis, Bennett, DeMasi, Jardine, Ferrone

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio


FY12

DJ-JRA17-Chemicals




DJ-JRA17B-AcidBath

Hand Tools Work with tools Being struck by object; struck against object; cuts by sharp object; repetitive motion; falls on same level; Low Hazard experienced daily by many workers. Controls have been effective.  7/6/06 

Langdon, Lara, Trunk, Emrick, Colichio

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio


FY12


DJ-JRA18-Handtools
Radioactive Sealed Source Use  and Radiation Generating Devices Use of  sealed sources and radiation generating devices Radiation exposure Low Full, annually verified inventory exists; semi-annual leak checks and non-exempt source inventory. Interlocks are maintained  10/9/06

Burns, Sautkulis, Emrick, Colichio

10/9/06           Rad Sources: Completed 10/6/06 Burns, Sautkulis, Emrick, Colichio

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio

FY12


DJ-JRA19-RGD

                                            

 

DJ-JRA19A-RadSources

Radioactive Material Use Use of dispersibles in a benchtop environment (125I, 131I, 32P, 14C, etc), Radiation Generating Devices, Sealed Sources Radiation exposure Low Controls in place and communicated to staff.  RWPs are in place. Most issues are with compliance and not worker safety. 1/13/06
Contos, Colichio, Bullis, Meinken, Cutter, Emrick, Burns, Ferrone, 
Tovar-Salazar, Pavlak

11/3/05 Radiotracer: Richard Ferrieri, Carsten Kroll

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio


FY12

DJ-JRA20-Dispersibles

 

 

 

DJ-JRA20A-Radiotracer

Work in high Magnetic Fields and non-ionizing radiation Use of magnets with field exposures exceeding 5 G (MR facility, STEM), UV Non-ionizing radiation exposure; falls to lower levels; being struck by object Low Effective reviews, training, posting and controls reduce level of concern.

Completed 9/25/06

Tomasi, Harris, Caparelli, Colichio, Emrick, Gunther

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio

FY12


DJ-JRA21-SMF
General Office Work Computer use All staff have offices and do routine office work (some more than others) Ergonomics, VDT, lifting, trips Low Have not had reportable cases.   1/12/06
Emrick, Colichio, Folkers, Duryea, Capasso

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio

FY12

DJ-JRA22-Office
Work with  pesticides One certified pesticide applicator Inhalation, respirator required Low Controls in place, experienced staff.

 5/12/06
R. Sautkulis,
R.Colichio

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio

FY12

DJ-JRA23-Pesticides
Transporting Chemicals, biologicals and rad materials Materials transported within BNL site Chemical toxicity, exposure, accidents Low Hazard experienced daily by a few workers. Controls have been effective 7/8/06

Emrick, Colichio, Ferrone, Kershaw, Sautkulis, Harris

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio

FY12

DJ-JRA24-Transport
Contamination Work (CAD) Work in contam area Radiation Exposure Low Controls in place and communicated to staff.  RWPs are in place. Most issues are with compliance and not worker safety.

7/24/06
Completed by CA w/MO staff--Schnakenberg

06/10/09
Emrick, Colichio


FY12

DJ-JRA25-Contamination

 

EBCO Cyclotron Maintenance Routine maintenance and target foil change Dispersible radiation exposure potential Low RWP and other controls, experienced staff

7/24/06
Cabelli, Schueller

06/10/09
Emrick,cabelli Colichio- no change

FY12 Cyclotron- See Chemistry JRA site
Use of Open Flames (Bunsen Burners and automatic burners --Fire Boys) Use of Bunsen burners in research Burns, fire Med ESR covers safety aspects. 9/11/07
Janczewski
Moscariello
Colichio, Emrick
Sutherland
9/1/10 Colichio, Emrick, van der Lelie no change
FY13 DJ-JRA27-BunsenBurner
Use of nanomaterials in benchscale work. Nanomaterial use in benchscale research Contamination, unknown hazards Med ESR covers safety aspects. 5/9/08
Hainfeld
Colichio
Dilmanian
Emrick
Ferrone
9/1/10 Colichio, Emrick, van der Lelie no change

FY13
DJ-JRA28-BenchscaleNano
Use of needles Use of medical sharps (ie; hypodermic needles, scalpels, surgical instruments) in non-clinical activities. Needlesticks Med ESR covers safety aspects. R. Colichio Date: 12/14/10
FY13
DJ-JRA29-Sharps

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