1.  Report the Incident:

1. Immediately call or have someone Call Environmental Health and Safety Office.


• Working Hours Call x7273, if no answer:
  
• Call Facilities Management at x8262.  State your emergency, and request Environmental Health and Safety.
  
  
• After Hours Call: Cellphone at 343-9645.
  
  
• Weekends and Holidays, Call 911, state your emergency and request University Police.
  
  
• Follow emergency call procedure.
2. Provide a brief description of the nature of the emergency:


• Quantity of Radioactive Material Spilled.
• Type of Isotope Spilled (³²P, ³⁵S, ¹²⁵I, ³H, ¹⁴C...)
  
  
• Extent of Contamination (clothing, material, equipment..)
Spill Location:
(provide the following information)

• Department and Building Names,
• Room and Telephone Numbers
  

• Restrict access to spill area.
• Notify all laboratory personnel of the spill.
• Instruct personnel to wait in a clean/safe area within the lab, and not to leave until they are surveyed for contamination by Environmental Health and Safety representative.
• Put on clean gloves and use GM instrument to self-survey personal clothing and skin surfaces.
• Remove all contaminated clothing and place in a bag or on a pad.
• If contaminated skin, begin washing with mild soap and water.
• If concerned about health impact seek medical help.

• Immediately call, or have someone call Environmental Health and Safety Office at X-7273 and report incident. After Hours (5:00 p.m.-8:30 a.m.) Call 343-9645, on weekends and holidays, call 911
  

• For Eye Splashes, Flush eyes with copious amounts of water for at least 15 minutes
• Skin splashes, immediately wash contaminated skin with a mild soap and water.
• Immediately seek medical help from the student health service, or a hospital, Urine samples will be needed for bioassays.