Service: We've all heard it said that it's not a matter of if but when. The same holds true for spills in the laboratory environment. Whether it's a spill of potentially hazardous material or a spill that presents no hazard at all this section will help you determine the method, materials, and waste disposal aspects of lab spills.

Overview: Environmental Health and Safety is available to help assist you in determining what materials you may need to clean up any potential spill you may encounter in your lab. However, the time to plan for a spill is not when the spill occurs but before the spill occurs. This means that you should have a spill kit available in the lab and all staff should be trained on how it should be used.

Chemical Spill Response Contacts:

Julie Gray, Senior Safety Officer
Phone: 205-975-4341
Email: grayj@uab.edu

Dr. Leslie Dye, Chemical Hygiene Officer
Phone: 205-934-4798
Email: dyele@uab.edu

Biological Spill Response Contact:

Dr. Justin Roth, Senior Biosafety Officer
Phone number: 205-934-7488
Email address: jcroth@uab.edu

Brain Lagory, Assistant Biosafety Officer
Phone: 205-996-0119
Email Address: blagory@uab.edu

Radioactive Spill Response Contacts:

Robert Heath, Senior Radiation Safety Officer
Phone: 205-934-7471
Email: rheath@uab.edu

Domenica Pringle, Radiation Safety Deputy
Phone: 205-934-7418
Email: dpringle@uab.edu

Forms or Guides:

Chemical Spill Response
Blank Training Record for Biological & Chemical Spill Response
Mercury Spill Response
Radioactive Spill Response