Emergency Response Cart Guide

Emergency Response Cart Guide

Corrosive Chemical Splash to the Skin 1. Move victim to the chemical shower immediately and pull the shower handle to start the flow of water. 2. Alert everyone in the lab of the chemical spill and clear the area. 3. Have the victim take off all their clothes while under the flow of water, or cut their clothes off if in danger of spreading contamination to other parts of their body. 4. Help to keep the victim in the shower for 15 minutes and have them rinse the affected area. 5. Don t touch the victim or let them rub the affected areas, let the rinse water from the shower do the work. 6. While the victim is showering have someone call 911. - Your location is UW Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, 3 rd floor room 3039 - Have someone look for and meet emergency response personnel - Stay on the phone with dispatcher until they tell you it is okay to hang up 7. When the victim has been in the shower for 15 minutes they may stop showering and turn off the shower by pushing the shower handle back up. There is a robe and hospital socks in the emergency response cart that the victim can put on. Do not let the victim put back on any of their contaminated clothing they took off, just leave it where it sits.

8. Have someone locate the MSDS for the chemical on the victim. Give the MSDS to emergency personnel to take to the hospital with the victim. MSDS are located on the desk in the gown room behind the air shower. 9. Once the victim is with the emergency personnel, move on to the chemical spill response protocol. 10. Contact a WCAM staff member if one is not present. Phone numbers for WCAM staff are located at the end of this guide, by the phones inside the WCAM cleanroom, and across from the WCAM entrance on the wall.

Hydrofluoric (HF) Acid Splash to the Skin 1. Move victim to the chemical shower immediately and pull the shower handle to start the flow of water. 2. Alert everyone in the lab of the HF spill and clear the area. 3. Have the victim take off all their clothes while under the flow of water, or cut their clothes off if in danger of spreading contamination to other parts of their body. 4. Help to keep the victim in the shower for 5 minutes and have them rinse the affected area. 5. Don t touch the victim or let them rub the affected areas, let the rinse water from the shower do the work. 6. While the victim is showering have someone call 911. - Your location is UW Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, 3 rd floor room 3039 - Have someone look for and meet emergency response personnel - Stay on the phone with dispatcher until they tell you it is okay to hang up 7. When the victim has been in the shower for 5 minutes have them turn off the shower by pushing the shower handle back up and apply the calcium gluconate gel to the HF contaminated skin area using cleanroom nitrile gloves. The gel is located in a bag hanging from the safety shower handle in the bays with HF in them. Do not rinse off the gel.

8. When the victim is done showering after 5 minutes and they have put on the gel there is a robe and hospital socks in the emergency response cart that they can put on. Do not let the victim put back on any of their contaminated clothing they took off, just leave it where it sits. 9. Have someone locate the MSDS for HF and give it to emergency personnel to take to the hospital with the victim. MSDS are located on the desk in the gown room behind the air shower. Make sure the emergency response personnel know that the spill involves HF. 10. Once the victim is with the emergency personnel, move on to the chemical spill response protocol. 11. Contact a WCAM staff member if one is not present. Phone numbers for WCAM staff are located at the end of this guide, by the phones inside the WCAM cleanroom, and across from the WCAM entrance on the wall.

Non-corrosive Chemical Splash to the Skin 1. If a person gets a chemical on them that is known to not be a corrosive or immediate danger to burning the skin or their health, have them remove any contaminated clothing first. Examples of non-corrosive chemicals that are not an immediate danger: Acetone Methanol Ethanol Isopropyl alcohol Photoresist Vacuum oil 2. Find the nearest sink with soap and water and have the person use soap and water to clean the area of the skin where the non-corrosive chemical made contact. 3. After plenty of soap and water rinsing, consult the MSDS for the chemical and follow the suggested advice for further treatment or medical attention.

Chemical Splash to the Eye 1. Alert co-workers of the chemical splash to the eye. 2. Move victim to the nearest eye shower immediately. 3. Squeeze the eye shower handle to turn it on. 4. Have the victim pry both their eyes open and keep their eyes in the eye wash rinse for 15 minutes. Have the victim roll their eyes around while prying them open in the eye shower rinse. 5. While the victim is using the eye shower have someone call 911. - Your location is UW Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, 3 rd floor room 3039 - Have someone look for and meet emergency response personnel - Stay on the phone with dispatcher until they tell you its okay to hang up 6. Have someone locate the MSDS for the chemical the victim got in their eye(s). Give the MSDS to emergency personnel to take to the hospital with the victim. MSDS are located on the desk in the gown room behind the air shower. 7. When finished flushing their eyes turn off the eye shower by releasing the latch on the eye shower handle. If the victim wants a robe or blanket they both can be found in the emergency response cart.

8. Once the victim is with the emergency personnel check to see if there is a chemical spill, and if there is follow the chemical spill response protocol. 9. Contact a WCAM staff member if one is not present. Phone numbers for WCAM staff are located at the end of this guide, by the phones inside the WCAM cleanroom, and across from the WCAM entrance on the wall.

Chemical Spill Response Assessing the spill: Category Volume Visual Size Response Treatment Materials Small Medium Large <300ml 300ml 5L > 5 liters Up to about 2 feet in diameter Up to about 6 feet in diameter Greater than 6 feet in diameter Chemical treatment or absorption absorption Call 911 Neutralization or absorption spill kit Absorption spill kit Outside help A small or medium-sized spill is one that does not spread rapidly, does not endanger people or property except by direct contact, and does not endanger the environment outside the building. Cleaning up a small or medium-sized spill: 1. Notify co-workers of the chemical spill and evacuate the area of all non-responders. 2. Close off the bay or area using the yellow stands, chain, and chemical spill warning sign. All are located on and by the emergency response cart. Contact a WCAM staff member if one is not present. 3. Retrieve booms and spill pillows from the bay the spill is in or from the emergency response cart. Boom Spill Pillows 4. Put on a chemical apron, chemical gloves, and a face shield.

5. From a safe distance place the boom(s) around the spill area to identify the spill area and stop it from spreading. 6. If the identity of the chemical spill is unknown use the chemical spill identification strips in the spill cart by dipping the colored patterns in the unknown chemical spill and using the key to help identify what the chemical is: strong acid, weak acid, strong base, weak base, fluoride present (HF), solvent, etc. Identify the type of chemical and let fellow responders know what the chemical is. Chemical ID Strip Packaging Chemical ID Strip 11. If the chemical spill was an acid retrieve the acid neutralizer from the emergency response cart or if the spill was a base retrieve the base neutralizer. 12. Spray the neutralizer from the outside of the spill inward inside the chemical boom area. Do not step inside the boom area. Let the neutralizer work for a few minutes to react and neutralize the chemical. The neutralizer will change colors when it is reacting with the chemical spilt. The neutralization is complete when the color no longer changes. 7. Once the neutralization is complete place the appropriate amount of spill pillows on top of the liquid chemical/neutralizer inside the boom

area. Work from the outside-in of the boom and don t step inside the boom area. Contained Chemical Spill Non-WCAM staff can stop here and wait until a staff member arrives to update them on the situation. WCAM staff put on all corrosives personal protective equipment (PPE): chemical apron, chemical gloves, and face shield, before entering the spill area. 8. WCAM Staff: Obtain a heavy duty garbage bag and tape from the emergency response cart. Place the garbage bag in a secondary container in case the chemical leaks or eats through the garbage bag. 9. WCAM Staff: Once the chemical/neutralizer is soaked up into the spill pillows carefully place them all into the garbage bag. 10. WCAM Staff: Spray some more of the chemical neutralizer everywhere inside the chemical boom area and make sure the color does not change, indicating the chemical has been neutralized and picked up. Use some new spill pillows to wipe up the remaining chemical neutralizer until the floor is dry and carefully place them into the garbage bag. Repeat this step until the neutralizer indicates there is no more chemical to be neutralized by not changing color.

14. WCAM Staff: Pick up the boom surrounding the original chemical spill area and discard it into the garbage bag. 15. WCAM Staff: Place any other contaminated objects (clothes, PPE, ph strips, chemical spill identifiers, etc.) into the garbage bag. 16. WCAM Staff: Close the garbage bag real tight by twisting the top shut and taping it closed. 17. WCAM Staff: Place the garbage bag, in a secure secondary container, inside the shop fume hood until the safety department can come get it. 18. WCAM Staff: Using clean water, mop and wipe down areas where the chemical spill cleanup occurred. 19. WCAM Staff: Discard mop water and remove chemical apron, chemical gloves, and face shield. 20. WCAM Staff: Put everything back in the emergency response cart when done and re-order supplies that were used. Remove the yellow poles, chain, and chemical spill warning sign from the spill sight and reopen the area for use. 21. WCAM Staff: Fill out a surplus chemicals form available on the UW Safety Department website and affix to the garbage bag/secondary container of chemical spill cleanup waste in the fume hood. http://www.ehs.wisc.edu/documents/chem-whtfrm.pdf 22. WCAM Staff: Fill out the online safety department chemical pickup request form and submit: http://www.ehs.wisc.edu/chemchemicaldisposalsurplus-chemicalwastesurpluspickuprequestform.htm

Large Chemical Spill Response: 1. Notify co-workers of the chemical spill and have everyone evacuate the cleanroom immediately. Designate someone to grab the MSDS binders on the corner desk in the gown room on the way out, if possible. 2. Close the cleanroom by putting the yellow chain across the gowning room entrance by the shoe cleaners and display the chemical spill warning sign on the yellow chain. 3. Call 911, answer all their questions, tell them you are at the UW (location is 1550 Engineering Drive, Engineering Centers Building, 3 rd floor, room 3039), and stay on the line until they tell you it is okay to hang up. 4. Have someone look for and meet the emergency response personnel. Locate the MSDS for the chemical spilled and show it to the emergency response personnel when they arrive. 5. Contact a WCAM staff member if one is not present and wait for them to arrive to update them on what happened. 6. Let the emergency response personnel do what they need to and once they leave the WCAM staff will clean up the remainder of the spill and/or contact UW Environmental Health & Safety for help.

Emergency Evacuation Due to a Major Emergency Major Emergency Examples: Fire alarm goes off Gas monitor alarm goes off Fire Large chemical spill 1. If there is a fire or a large chemical spill and the alarm has not gone off yet pull a fire alarm and/or call 911 from a location where you are not in danger. Fire pulls are located at the end of the main cleanroom corridor, in the cleanroom utility chases, and by the building emergency stairwell exits. 2. If the fire or toxic gas alarm is activated you must evacuate the building immediately. If there is time and you are not in immediate danger turn off the equipment you were using or put it in a safe state, but if it will delay your evacuation at all - just leave. 3. Do not take off your cleanroom suit or take the time to log out of the cleanroom: just find the nearest safe exit, leave the cleanroom, and make sure doors close behind you while evacuating. Walk quickly and try not to panic or run. On your way out encourage others to evacuate, but do not stay behind to convince them. 4. Follow the blue emergency exit signs on the wall outside the cleanroom to one of the designated emergency exit stairwells. Do not use the elevators or the metal stairs in the building s central atrium they don t go all the way to the ground floor.

5. Use the designated emergency evacuation stairs to get down to the building emergency exits and exit the building. 6. Walk over to the corner of Breese Terrace and University Avenue (by the church) and then you can remove your cleanroom suit. 7. Stay at the meeting location until a WCAM staff member arrives to collect your cleanroom suit and your name, so it can be confirmed everyone in the cleanroom has been evacuated. Do not just leave because if you are not accounted for rescue personnel may go in the unsafe building looking for you unnecessarily. 8. Wait for the alarms in the building to go off and a verbal confirmation from a firefighter or WCAM staff member that it is okay to go back into the building. 9. If it is not WCAM business hours and/or a WCAM staff member is not present place your cleanroom suits on the bench across from the WCAM entrance and use the phone list for the WCAM staff on the wall above the benches to contact a staff member. Close the WCAM cleanroom until a staff member arrives by putting up the yellow chain across the entrance. 10. Do not try to re-enter the cleanroom until a WCAM staff member has removed your name from the persons in the cleanroom list and says it is okay to re-enter WCAM.

Fire Emergency Response 1. In the event of a fire, pull the fire alarm first. Fire pulls are located at the end of the central corridor in the cleanroom, in the cleanroom utility chases, and by the building emergency exits. 2. If you have been trained and the fire is very small (e.g., no bigger than a wastepaper basket), attempt to extinguish the fire with an appropriate fire extinguisher The fire extinguishers in WCAM are class ABC fire extinguishers, which mean they are good for: Normal combustibles like: paper, wood, and rubbish Flammable liquids Electrical fires Do not use the ABC fire extinguishers for fires from alkali metals such as sodium, potassium, lithium, etc. Just evacuate. 3. When using a fire extinguisher remember the acronym PASS for correct use: Pull the pin Aim at the base of the fire Squeeze the handle Sweep the spray back and forth across the base of the fire 4. If you decide to fight the fire, do so from a position where you can escape. A fire contained in a small vessel can usually be suffocated by covering the vessel with a lid. WCAM also has a fire blanket in the emergency response cart that can be used to smother small fires on objects or people.

5. While attempting to control the fire, continually assess the situation. If you doubt your ability to quickly extinguish the fire with an extinguisher, evacuate the building. 6. If possible, prior to evacuation shut down any equipment that may add fuel to the fire. 7. When evacuating make sure doors close behind you and follow the emergency evacuation procedure. 8. Even if you successfully put out the fire yourself the fire department should still be called to assess the situation.

Severe Weather Emergency 1. WCAM has a weather radio connected to the cleanroom PA system. 2. The weather radio will only alarm and announce thunderstorm and tornado warnings, not watches. A watch means there is a possibility of a storm and a warning means one has been sighted and is moving into Dane county. 3. For thunderstorm warnings you do not have to evacuate the cleanroom, but you have the choice to if you want. If you continue to work be aware that thunderstorms can cause the power to go out and turn off the tool you are using, affecting your work. 4. For tornado warnings you should leave the cleanroom and get to a safe place. If there is time you can logout of the cleanroom and remove your cleanroom suit and exit the cleanroom as normal. If you need to hurry just keep your cleanroom suit on and get to a safe place. 5. The Engineering Centers Building s designated storm shelter area is on the basement level in the long interior hallways. If you are unable to get to the basement floor stay away from windows and objects that can get airborne and hurt you. Interior hallways or small rooms with not much in them are best. 6. When going to the storm shelter do not use the elevator, use the emergency evacuation stairs that the blue evacuation signs lead you to but instead of exiting the building use the stairs to get to the basement level or the nearest safe shelter area. 7. Once in a safe storm shelter area sit down, face a wall, and cover your head with your arms.

8. Check a media source like a phone, radio, TV, etc. to see if the storm has passed before leaving the safe storm shelter area. 9. If you evacuated the cleanroom with your cleanroom suit on and out one of the emergency doors, wait for a WCAM staff member to collect your cleanroom suit and to log you out of the cleanroom before reentering.

Emergency Evacuation Map and Helpful Phone Numbers MEDICAL or CHEMICAL SPILL EMERGENCY DIAL 911 Building emergency call UW Physical Plant DIAL 3-3333 UW Police DIAL 2-4524 Location: Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive Third Floor Cleanroom Rooms 3018-3039 FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY Office (dial last 5 digits) Home (dial 9 first) Cell (dial 9 first) Dan Christensen 262-6877 273-1584 354-7980 Quinn Leonard 890-3030 838-4885 576-8512 Hal Gilles 890-4573 Srdjan Milicic 890-1455 Kurt Kupcho 262-2982 442-9859 658-9135 Air Handlers Upstairs 890-1725 Cleanroom Page 263-0072 Cleanroom Telephone 263-0073 Maintenance Room 263-0074 EVACUATION ROUTES