Is there an osha standard for chemistry labs?
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http://ohioline.osu.edu/~agsafety/ash/programs/osha_labs.html\n\nYes, there is.\n\nCompliance with the Laboratory Safety Standard was initiated for the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Columbus campus in June, 1998. This standard applies to all departments that deal with wet chemistry on a laboratory scale i.e. operations easily manipulated by one person, large number of chemicals, small quantities of material, multiple procedures used, not part of a production process, etc. Compliance is similar to that for the Hazard Communication Standard with some additional requirements. The following outline should assist you in complying with this regulation. Please call the college safety office if you have any questions or require any assistance. \n\nRequirements and What to Do \n\nWritten Chemical Hygiene Plan \nObtain generic Chemical Hygiene Plan from OEHS at http ://www.ehs.ohio-state.edu/index.asp?PAGE=ehs.chp, or the college health and safety speacialist, follow instructions, add sections and fill blanks, modify if necessary. Locate your written Chemical Hygiene Plan in a place accessible to employees. \n\nChemical Information \nInventory chemicals and obtain MSDS's for those with hazard ratings of 4. Locate MSDS's with Chemical Hygiene Plan. Post inventory on laboratory door. Provide access to and identify sources of chemical information.Retain labels on chemicals received. You may search for MSDS's at http://www.ehs.ohio-state. edu/. \n\nTraining\n\nIdentify and list employees required to have training. Send laboratory supervisors and employees to OEHS or the college health and safety speacialist for generic lab standard training.Train employees on special procedures for handling laboratory chemicals.Document training.
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International work is normally related to WHO standards.\n\nFor testing you need to go to a library that has a copy of what is called "Standard Methods"\n\nThe EPA version can be found on their publication site.\n\nScroll down to 600479020 Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes
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I know it may sound funny... but... try searching in construction store sites. i.e. Home Depot, Lowes, etc.  \nI've purchased glasses such as those for chemistry at Home Depot before.\nI'not sure if they are rated for Chemical use but i'm sure the packaging would tell you.\n\nI found some when I did a search for "safety goggles".  \n\nHope this helps
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http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmam/pdfs/7013.pdf
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If you know the number, call, it should be on the OSHA board in you're employee lounge, or in plain view (as required by law)\n\nIf you have time to report it to OSHA, then you have time to tell a superior what the problem is.
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If push comes to shove, use OSHA standards.  First, however, talk to the company representative you are working under, to see if some things were not briefed that should have been when you started the job about those provisions
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American Society for Testing and Materials \n\nArticle here if you want to read about it.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASTM_International
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I would try looking at OSHA 's website.
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http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/ote/index.html
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The only organizational standard for SCC that i'm completely aware of is from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute and it was an interim standard.  It describes the testing methods as well as some other suggestions.  Below is a link to the Adobe Acrobat file.
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I happen to work in a lab as a phlebotomist and as a rule we do not accept lab slips that are over 6 months old. I beleive this is the policy for most offices.
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"Reagent Grade" means that a chemical meets standards established by the American Chemical Society with regard to purity.  R.G. chemicals are normally what one uses in the laboratory.  "Technical Grade" is the grade of chemical normally used in industry.  Such chemicals may contain impurities that can make them unsuitable for lab use.
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Too many to list them in a single answer.\n\nStarting with infrastructure:\n\nEmergency shower, other emergency equipment (fire extinguisher, eye-shower...)\n\nchemical-resistant benches, water leads, wastewater leads. Optionally gases, steam, deionized water.\nElectrical leads.\n\nflue, laminar flow workbenches...\n\nGlassware: lots of different forms, special glasses...\nCeramics, metal vessels...\n\nAnalytical instruments and machines, starting with stirrers, heaters or shakers, thermometres, electrodes, and going on to fully automatted multi-element analysis or biological reactors.\n\nYour average lab catalogue usually shows only part of what can be in a scientific chemistry laboratory.
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The easiest way to find out the answer to that question is to look up the MSDS.  It gives all the information you need about it's toxicity, reactivity, etc.  A lot of chemical supply companies have MSDS on their websites, and I think there might be a government website that has MSDS accessible online, but I'm not sure.
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Laboratory certification of what?
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You can start by checking out OSHA rules.
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Pressure Gauges and Gauge Attachments\n\nThis Standard was approved by the B40 Standards Committee and approved as an American National Standard by the American National Standards Institute on September 19, 2005.\n\nhttp://engineers.ihs.com/document/abstract/GOFSUAAAAAAAAAAA