Notify the Marine Superintendent or Marine Operations Coordinator well ahead of your plans for use of explosives, special chemicals, gasoline, compressed gases and radioactive materials. USE OF RADIOISOTOPES REQUIRES PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF THE OSU RADIATION SAFETY COMMITTEE.
Procedures set forth in NAVORD OP 3696 "Explosives Safety Precautions for Research Vessels" and Coast Guard publications shall be followed in conducting explosive operations. Coast Guard approval is required for loading plans.
IMPORTANT: Federal Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) rules require chemical manufacturers, importers, and distributors to label containers of hazardous chemicals. State of Oregon rules require persons bringing hazardous materials into a laboratory (WECOMA) to insure labels are not removed from containers and that Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS's) are available and accessible in the laboratory. In addition, laboratory supervisors must brief all persons on board who work with, or who could come in contact with, such materials on such items as:
The MSDS's for hazardous material brought on board shall be made available to the master for copying and inclusion in the ship's emergency files.
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