Laboratory Requirements

Laboratory Safety Manual

E,H&S has established this Laboratory Safety Manual as a resource for faculty and laboratory personnel, as well as anyone interested in laboratory safety. This manual is intended to comply with federal, state, and local regulations, as well as industry best practices. The Laboratory Safety Manual is a compilation of suggested work practices, protocols, and procedures to work safely in TAMU-CC laboratories. The document is not exhaustive and should not be considered the only reference for health and safety. In addition to this manual, Environmental, Health and Safety is always available to address health and safety concerns.

Submit your Annual Chemical Inventory

Principal Investigators, supervisors, stockroom managers, and anyone else in charge of areas where hazardous materials and other chemicals and chemical products are stored, must prepare and maintain updated chemical inventories annually.

Even if you do not have any chemicals in your lab, please fill out the form and click on "No Inventory".

Department administrators are responsible for ensuring that their departments have accurate and current inventories and the associated safety data sheets.

Request Hazardous Waste Disposal

For hazardous waste disposal, we require an inventory to be filled out of the waste prior to removing it from the lab.

After we receive the inventory, we will schedule a time when the waste can be picked up.

Please ensure each bottle of chemical waste is labeled with the words “Hazardous Waste” and lists all the materials in the container, even water and other non-hazardous materials.

Federal and State regulations govern hazardous waste disposal at TAMU-CC. Failure to comply with any hazardous waste regulation may result in substantial fines and penalties for the University. Individual generators (principal investigators, employees) causing the violation may be personally liable. Violations may range from failure to properly label a container of hazardous waste to intentionally disposing of hazardous waste into the air, down the drain, or in the garbage.

Hazardous Waste Management Program            Hazardous Waste Disposal Procedures

Hazardous Waste Flowchart                                          Hazardous Waste Label

All Principal Investigators (PI's), Laboratory Coordinators, or supervisors are are responsible for completing the annual laboratory registration form upon assignment of lab space and prior to conducting research at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Once the form is complete and has been reviewed by EH&S, the PI will be contacted if necessary to discuss university policies, laboratory safety guidelines, and training requirements relating to the type of research involved.

Laboratory Registration Form

Laboratory Decommissioning Checklist

The Principal Investigator (PI)/Responsible Person of the lab being decommissioned, or their designee, is responsible for contacting Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) to begin the laboratory decommissioning process.

This process should be started at least three months before vacating the chemical-use room/laboratory to allow ample time to dispose of all materials properly.

A Laboratory Closeout inspection will be performed to verify that all hazards have been removed from the laboratory and/or that ownership of remaining hazards has been appropriately transferred to another party.

All chemical, radioactive, and biological materials, sharps and other wastes must be disposed or transferred in a proper manner.

All non-fixed equipment and supplies must be removed from laboratories for closeout or relocation. Laboratory equipment must be decontaminated before it is removed from service, stored in another location, or disposed in a proper manner.

Contact EHS at extension 5555 or email ehs@tamucc.edu for more information on decommissioning a laboratory.