Hazardous Materials

This article is for Order Administrators in Facilitron Works wishing to add a hazmat notification or a hazmat approver to work orders where noting the presence of hazmat is required. 

The Hazardous Materials Page

To make a hazmat update, first go to Manage > Places > Hazardous Materials. 

This page is is where you can add the type of hazardous material and the location of this material. This will allow a warning to generate any time a work order is created in a location that has hazmat within its confines that may affect the work that needs to be done.

A location must be chosen from the "Locations" dropdown when creating work orders in order for a hazmat notification to populate. A hazmat listing for all locations must be uploaded into Facilitron Works or the notification that hazardous materials are present will not generate.

How Hazmat Approval Occurs

Please note that sometimes work orders with hazmat can bypass the hazmat approval process due to a pre-existing auto assignment rule. If this happens, the work order will be received by the worker who is already auto-assigned, without pre-approval from the hazmat approver. If a hazmat approver is required for properties that have hazardous materials in their buildings/locations, the auto assignment rules should be revised or deleted before adding a Hazmat approver.

To add a hazmat approver, go to Manage > People > Users. Search for the (existing) user that you would like to designate a hazmat approver. There is an optional user menu towards the bottom right of the user profile page, and here you will select the checkbox next to the "Pre-Approved Hazardous Materials option. To learn more about the optional user menus or for more detailed steps, please see Optional Privileges Available for User Roles.