3.2 Principal Investigator (PI)/Space Registration

The PI/Space Registration Process (pdf) is the primary point of entry into the EHS Management System for faculty and supervisors, and their associated use of potentially hazardous and/or regulated materials. This Process is the fundamental building block upon which the major system components of hazard/ regulatory identification and assessments, training, inspections, inventory, and emergency preparedness are based. The PI/Space Registration database is updated at least annually.

The registration process creates an entry in the PI/Space Registration database for each laboratory or other facility space and associates with that space the names of the PI or supervisor (PI/Supervisor) and the EHS Representative, a description of the type of space (lab, storage, etc.), emergency contact information, and the core hazard/regulatory types found in that space, such as chemicals, biological materials, ionizing radiation sources, non-ionizing radiation sources, flammable liquids, highly reactive materials, and large oil volumes.   The emergency contact "Green Cards" that are posted outside lab spaces are generated from the information contained in the PI/Space Registration database.