Personnel should use the online Hazard Inventory Form to report their work-related chemical, biological, or physical hazards or animal work. The online system simplifies form completion, streamlines the hazard assessment process, and improves record retention. If you have questions on program participation or form completion, please contact EH&S at (515) 294-5539.

All personnel who work with chemical, biological, or physical hazards or animal work must complete the Hazard Inventory Form. Refer to the Occupational Medicine Guidelines for details on employee participation.

A Hazard Inventory Form should be completed:

  • If you are new to Iowa State University
  • If there are changes in workplace hazards (addition or elimination of hazards)
  • If your job position or responsibilities change

  1. Login to the system using your NETID and password
  2. Click on Add a new Hazard Inventory
  3. Complete the required demographic fields
  4. Select the hazard(s) that apply from the list OR mark NO WORKPLACE HAZARDS APPLY
  5. Answer Questions for each hazard that you selected
  6. Review your responses with your supervisor and click Submit to EH&S

Check out our Hazard Inventory Instructions (PDF) for step-by-step guidance.

When completing the Hazard Inventory Form, select each hazard you are exposed to as part of your assigned job duties. Below are a few examples that may help you determine whether or not you should select a listed hazard. If you need help, contact your supervisor or EH&S at (515) 294-5539.

If, as part of your job duties, you:

  • Clean up human blood following injuries, are a designated first responder, or provide medical care. Do check "Human Blood & Body Fluids," but not "AIDS agent (HIV)" or "Hepatitis B Virus."
  • Work in a research laboratory that studies HIV;  check "AIDS agent (HIV)."
  • Analyze human blood samples for lipid content; do check "Human Blood & Body Fluids," but not "AIDS agent (HIV)" or "Hepatitis B Virus."
  • Work in a laboratory with benzene in the solvent cabinet, but you do not use it, so do not check "Benzene" as a hazard. If you use "Benzene,” do check "Benzene" as a hazard.
  • Apply cholinesterase-inhibiting pesticides;  check "Pesticide-Cholinesterase Inhibiting" as a hazard.
  • Work in a building sprayed with cholinesterase-inhibiting pesticides for pest control; do not check "Pesticide-Cholinesterase Inhibiting" as a hazard.