Safety

The Chemistry Department Safety Committee regularly meets for collaborative discussions to ensure a positive safety culture is an expected part of working in the department. The committee: 

• sets department specific safety policies that are outlined in the Chemistry Safety Plan;

• reviews Incidents and Learning Experience Reports before sharing with the department;

• verifies safe practices through monthly personal safety equipment (PPE) checks and annual official inspections of the labs; 

  • Lab walk-throughs are unofficial educational safety visits each semester by the Joint Safety Team students.

• coordinates the annual peer review of faculty lab-specific operating procedures; and

• determines resources needed to ensure safety requirements are reasonable, relevant and set the bar for best practices.

The safety committee welcomes comments, questions and concerns and is frequently asked for opinions on safety related matters both internal and external. To send an issue to the committee for review, please send an email to the committee chair Harrison Frisk at fris0123@umn.edu. 

Safety Committee Members

• Harrison Frisk, Lecture Demonstrations Coordinator (chair), (612)-624-8540, fris0123@umn.edu

• Diana Mayweather, Senior Laboratory Services Coordinator, 612-624-5585, dmayweat@umn.edu

• Professor Chris Douglas, (612) 625-0922, cdouglas@umn.edu

• Professor Angela Perkins, (612) 626-4681, aperkins@umn.edu

• Brian Andersson, Research Safety Professional, Department of Environmental Health & Safety, 612-625-8925, ander213@umn.edu