Compliance Manuals

Binder with the text "Compliance" on it.

Compliance manuals should be readily available to inspectors, auditors, and employees. The manual serves as a place for storing safety data sheets, inventories, documentation that training has been conducted, information on internal procedures, and additional items that verify compliance with regulations.  The table below provides some guidance on what to include in a compliance manual.

Useful Links for All Spaces

UMN Chemical Hygiene Plan

Critical Emergency Shutdown Procedures

Link for Laboratories

Compliance manuals in laboratories are replaced by lab-specific laboratory safety plans, which compliment the UMN Chemical Hygiene Plan.

Laboratory Safety Plan

Links for Non-Laboratory Spaces

The below links provide useful information and templates for the creation of a compliance manual.

What should be in this manual?

Emergency Preparedness Informational Sheet

Training Informational Sheet

Industrial Area Training Log

PPE Informational Sheet

PPE Selection Guide

SOP Informational Sheet

Standard Operating Procedure Hazard Assessment Template

Particularly Hazardous Substance List

Chemicals and SDS Informational Sheet

Chemical Inventory Template