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Summary
Summary
Completely revised and updated, Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations: A Case Study, Second Edition presents a case study of one university's policies and practices with regard to the procurement, use, storage and disposal of HAZMAT in the context of a changing internal structure and regulatory environment. The author's presentation is no-holds-barred, using interviews, archival documentation, and unobtrusive observations as a participant where the research institution was at times noncompliant with the new federal guidelines.
See What's New in the Second Edition:
Incorporates issues with all types of hazardous materials instead of just focusing on biological HAZMAT Updated information on current regulations on HAZMAT in relation to universities and research centers Follow-up on the case study university, disclosing the university's progress in resolving the security and safety shortcomingsBy implementing key improvements in safety and security, the universities can also more easily obtain research grant money and satisfy both state and federal safety requirements. This book includes recommendations to improve safety while using and storing biotoxins, chemical, radioactive material, and industrial waste, and to improve overall security at the university. It also highlights improvements that can make the environment a safer and more secure location to perform biological research.
Table of Contents
List of Figures | p. xiii |
List of Tables | p. xv |
List of Photographs | p. xvii |
Foreword | p. xix |
Preface | p. xxi |
Acknowledgments | p. xxv |
Author | p. xxvii |
Chapter 1 Regulatory Change and Organizational Responses: A Case Study of the Procurement, Use, Storage, and Disposal of Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) in a University Environment | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 Rise of Federal Agencies' Influence over Research Institutions | p. 11 |
Background of Federal Government Involvement with Research Universities | p. 11 |
History of Federal Agencies | p. 14 |
Major Federal Guidelines Applicable to Research Centers and Research Universities | p. 18 |
Risk Assessment: HAZMAT at Research Centers and Higher Education Institutions | p. 23 |
Chapter 3 Organizational Framework: Organizational Drift, Life Cycle, and Agency Theory | p. 29 |
Organizational Theory with Regard to Research Activities | p. 29 |
Researching for Life Cycle Characteristics | p. 32 |
Chapter 4 Threat Matrix to Public Research Organizations | p. 41 |
Safety and Security Issues for Research Organizations | p. 41 |
Higher Education Threat Categories | p. 44 |
Categories I and II | p. 45 |
Category III | p. 49 |
Category IV | p. 50 |
Category V | p. 52 |
Category VI | p. 53 |
On Which Categories to Focus and Why | p. 53 |
Chapter 5 Methodology | p. 57 |
Introduction to Research Design | p. 57 |
Data Collection | p. 58 |
Evolution of Research Topic and Theory | p. 60 |
Ethical Considerations in Research | p. 61 |
Research Method: Interviews | p. 62 |
Benefits of Interviews | p. 62 |
Limitations of Interviews | p. 64 |
Questionnaire versus Face-to-Face Interviews | p. 64 |
Data Collection | p. 65 |
Research Method: Unobtrusive Observations | p. 67 |
Rationale for Unobtrusive Observations | p. 67 |
Data Collection for Unobtrusive Observation | p. 68 |
Limitations of Unobtrusive Observations | p. 69 |
Research Method: Archival Documentation | p. 69 |
Use of Archival Documentation | p. 69 |
Limitations of Archival Documentation | p. 70 |
Research Method: Participant Observation | p. 70 |
Log of Participant Observation | p. 70 |
Disadvantages of Participant Observation | p. 71 |
Ethical Dilemmas of Research | p. 72 |
Chapter 6 How HAZMAT Conditions in the Science Buildings Evolved | p. 73 |
Historical Context | p. 73 |
Research Think Tank | p. 73 |
Evolution from Research Think Tank to Graduate University | p. 77 |
Transition to an Undergraduate and Graduate University | p. 78 |
University Adds Lower Division Undergraduates | p. 79 |
Obtaining Background Information | p. 81 |
Who Made Decisions with Regard to HAZMAT? | p. 81 |
How the University Has Evolved Since the Early 1970s | p. 82 |
How Dl Became a HAZMAT Issue | p. 82 |
Organizational Responses to Known HAZMAT Issues | p. 83 |
Chapter 7 Security Survey on Campus | p. 91 |
Security Survey | p. 91 |
Methodology of Security Survey | p. 91 |
Design Aspects of the Campus | p. 92 |
General Observations | p. 93 |
Skywalks | p. 94 |
Utility Tunnels | p. 99 |
Summary of Security Measures Currently in Place | p. 118 |
Summary of Security Measures in Place but Not Used | p. 120 |
Summary of Security Measures Not in Place | p. 120 |
Chapter 8 Existing Policies and Procedures | p. 121 |
Gathering Data | p. 121 |
Methodology for Obtaining Existing Policies and Procedures | p. 121 |
Evolution of HAZMAT Policies: 2002-2005 | p. 122 |
Existing HAZMAT Security Policies | p. 127 |
Chapter 9 Practices and Procedures at Other Institutions | p. 129 |
Research Centers and Higher Education Institutions' Global Issues with HAZMAT | p. 129 |
Federal Issues and Impacts with Research Centers | p. 130 |
Best Practices at Benchmark Universities | p. 134 |
General Characteristics of Institutions' Environmental Health and Safety Offices | p. 135 |
Characteristics of Environmental Health and Safety Departments at Benchmarked Universities | p. 138 |
Research University HAZMAT Guidelines | p. 141 |
Best Practices at Highly Ranked Research Institutions | p. 146 |
Summary of Applicable University HAZMAT Policies | p. 147 |
Process of Mutual Accountability for Biosafety | p. 156 |
Chapter 10 Summary, Recommendations, and Concluding Remarks | p. 159 |
Organizational Theory in the Context of the Research | p. 161 |
Summary of the Research Methods | p. 162 |
Summary of Research Issues and Findings | p. 163 |
Concluding Observations | p. 165 |
Recommendations | p. 167 |
General Security Measures for Facilities Containing HAZMAT | p. 167 |
Construction of Research Facilities Housing HAZMAT | p. 167 |
Biosafety Committee | p. 168 |
Inventory Control | p. 169 |
Epilogue | p. 171 |
Appendix A Representative Federal Statutes for Research Organizations with Regard to HAZMAT | p. 179 |
Appendix B Questions Asked of Faculty about the Evolution of the University | p. 183 |
Appendix C Interview Questions Asked of Staff Members on Current Hazmat Policies, Practices, and Procedures | p. 185 |
Appendix D Interview Questions Asked of Former Assistant Director of Environmental Health and Safety at University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center on HAZMAT Policies, Practices, and Procedures | p. 187 |
Appendix E Interview Questions to Faculty Senate and Safety Committee | p. 189 |
Appendix F Interview with Former Director at Research Think Tank | p. 191 |
Appendix G National Science Foundation Rankings | p. 193 |
Bibliography | p. 203 |
Index | p. 211 |