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An International Impact

Biosafety staff provided Institutional Biosafety

Committee and U.S. Department of Agriculture

training to Ghana scientists.

Across the State

EH&S staff created 61 company and 295

individual Iowa Underground Storage Tank

Operator Class C training accounts through the

Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).

EH&S also provided incinerator training to

IDNR clients.

Close to Home

Fire Safety staff facilitated fire extinguisher

training for 180 Story County employees.

EH&S by the Numbers

5

– Percent decrease in the collective deep

dose equivalent radiation dose to ISU radiation

workers relative to 2013

134

– Radioactive leak tests completed in 2014,

a 25% increase from 2013

145

– IBC applications reviewed

237

– Asbestos bulk samples

237

– Biosafety cabinets supported by EH&S in

2014, a 21% increase over 2013

419

– Radioactive materials laboratory

contamination surveys completed by EH&S staff

in 2014

457

– Stormwater inspections completed

509

– Pieces of laboratory equipment inspected

before disposal and asset recovery

549

– Asbestos air samples

578

– Laboratory safety audits completed

606

– IACUC applications reviewed

1,464

– Hazardous materials packages shipped

1,472

– Chemical fumehood evaluations

2,640

– Individuals that completed classroom

courses through EH&S in 2014

20,995

– Containers of hazardous waste

removed

22,844

– Online courses completed through

the EH&S Learning Center in 2014

68,458

– Fire extinguisher inspections

257,565

– Pounds of pathological waste

incinerated

How Low Can You Go?

Radiation workers practice ALARA – As Low

As Reasonably Achievable – techniques and it

shows.

Environmental Health and Safety

2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Just the Facts