Environmental Health and Safety is a non-academic service department dedicated to promoting and supporting the university’s efforts to protect human health, safety and the environment.
Primarily consists of various shipment files related to chemical transportation, hazardous waste removal. Also contains sample test reports related to chemicals used by departments on campus. Includes medical evaluations related to staff that worked with hazardous chemicals.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Boxes cover 1979-2002. Some boxes are ordered clearly and organized by subject files and chronological order, but others have no strict order. Some boxes also have item lists and accession lists within them, but not every box.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Environmental Health and Safety Records, 1979-2002 (UA2002-12)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Millie Hill on July 10, 2002 and retained as UA2002-12.
(MASC STAFF USE) Most of this material is not actually archived, but merely stored long-term pending destruction in 2032 and 2052, at the end of 30 or 50 year retention periods. However, three boxes (2, 7, 8) are intended for permanent archival storage, and should be processed after the other materials are destroyed. May also require evaluation for HIPAA Violations - contains medical evaluation forms related to staff.
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