Safety - Field Sampling: Principles and Practices in Environmental Analysis - page 103

TABLE 4.6 Typical Contents in a Chemical Hygiene Plan
Recognizing hazards
Handling laboratory chemicals
Control measure implementation
Protective equipment for personnel
Training
Laboratory operations approval
Handling extremely dangerous materials
Spill response
Reporting accidents
Medical assessment
Record keeping
Appendices
4.12. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Environmental protection can be thought of as protecting the people, animals, plants, and
general area around the field to be sampled. This must include taking measures to prevent
contaminated material from exiting the field (e.g., caution must be exercised to make sure
that contaminated dust brought into the air by sampling does not exit the site). Likewise,
sampling procedures must not lead to situations in which contaminated material can be
eroded off the field by water and thus contaminate surrounding areas.
In addition, samples to be taken off the site for further analysis must be packaged
appropriately (i.e., in such a way that material cannot leak out during handling and
transport). (Also see clean up upon exiting above.) This is important for the safety of the
people handling the samples, but also for the integrity and validity of the samples.
4.13. MSDS SHEETS
Material safety data sheets are designed for industrial situations in which large amounts
of highly concentrated material are present at one time and in one place. As can be seen
in Table 4.7, the information provided is complete and thorough. Not all the information
may be applicable to all sampling