50 square feet
per student - our teaching labs are about 1200 square feet
and so we accommodate 24 students in lab.
It's in the
fire code in California. Your mileage may vary.
Best,
Debbie M.
Decker, CCHO
Safety Manager
Department of
Chemistry
University of
California, Davis
122 Chemistry
1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA
95616
(530)754-7964
(530)304-6728
dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**ucdavis.edu
Birkett's
hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction
that
proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,
can
proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."
HI everybody,
This has probably been hashed over before,
but it is a situation that may be cropping up at my
institution and I need some "ammo". Are there and NFPA codes
that anyone is aware of that limits the occupancy of a lab? I
believe that 60-70 sq ft per person is recommended, but I am
unable to find any code that specifically states that. I
don't want our local fire marshal to "have a cow" if the
school overloads a lab. I already have all my safety
arguments lined out, but I'd like some solid regs and/or codes
behind me as well.
You know how these things can crop up-you
think you've drilled it into their collective heads that they
can or can't do something, but sometimes it seems to fall on
deaf ears and then you are forced to be the bad guy and say
LOOK at the regs! You CAN'T do this. Look at the liabilities
(gotto throw up those $$$ signs).
Thanks all,
Mel
Mel Charlton-Smith
Chemistry Lab Coordinator,
CHO-NRCC
Coordinator of BS-CHS
program, Lecturer
WVWC - Chemistry Dept.
CHS-319
59 College Ave
Buckhannon, WV 26201
charltonsmith**At_Symbol_Here**wvwc.edu
304-473-8355
