S. 3246 / SMART Act

“The Country School” | Winslow Homer

The current consensus product for custodial chemical safety released by the Simon Institute is  SI 0001 Safe Use of Cleaning Chemicals.  From the project prospectus:

The purpose of the Safe Use of Cleaning Chemicals standard is to provide guidance in the handling, use, and disposal of janitorial cleaning chemicals, as well as to provide standards for training of cleaning chemical workers and their supervisors. Specific processes are provided to protect workers who might become exposed to unsafe situations involving cleaning chemicals. The scope of this standard includes all circumstances where cleaning workers may be exposed to cleaning chemical hazards used in routine cleaning activities in janitorial, custodial and housekeeping applications. The standard does not prescribe specific cleaning techniques or processes.

This is the only ANSI-accredited standard for safe use of these chemicals and, like all ANSI-accredited standards, it may be incorporated by reference in to occupational safety laws at any level of government.  You may obtain an electronic copy of SI 0001 from Kristie McNealy at the Simon Institute (307-282-0795), (kristie@simoninstitute.org)

Ranchview High School | Irvine, Texas

Issue: [13-77]

Category: Occupational Health & Safety, Facility Asset Management

Colleagues: Richard Robben, John Lawter, Kristie McNealy, Ben Walker,  Mike Farha

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