COF_Admin

NEW Online Safety Data Sheet/Chemical Inventory Database

Colleges of the Fenway (COF) has negotiated a contract with MSDSOnline on behalf of MassArt, Simmons College, and Wentworth Institute of Technology.  MSDSOnline is an online chemical inventory and safety data sheet (SDS) database program. This program allows access to all SDSs and tracks the hazardous materials associated with each college in one online database …

NEW Online Safety Data Sheet/Chemical Inventory Database Read More »

Safety

Source: http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/web/2016/04/Spark-pressure-gauge-caused-University.html An explosion last month caused a University of Hawaii, Manoa, postdoctoral researcher to lose an arm.  The explosion was caused by a spark from a digital pressure gauge that was not designed for use with flammable gases, says a Honolulu Fire Department report. The postdoctoral researcher was combining hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen gases from …

Safety Read More »

Summer Travel

Are you traveling aboard this summer?  Go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Travel Webpage to obtain the following information about countries.(http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list) Vaccines and Medications – If you are taking prescription medications, see if they are allowed in the country where you will be visiting.  Be sure to pack enough of your prescription …

Summer Travel Read More »

Scroll to Top