Laboratory Seismic Restraints

Implement seismic restraints to help prevent injuries and damage during earthquakes.

These images show some of the ways UC San Diego labs are managing seismic hazards. Contact FM for installation.

	Equipment on locking casters. Large pressurized cylinders of liquefied cryogenic gases should also be secured to the wall with a top ring tether.
	Biological safety cabinet bolted to the floor with a metal brace.
	Compressed gas cylinders must be individually double-chained to a permanent/fixed building structure with tight, non-combustible restraints.
	Freezer tethered to wall-anchoring system.
	Double-stacked incubator restrained properly.
	Wall-anchoring system using Unistrut® with flexible tethers.
	Shelf lips restrain hazardous materials containers.
	Seismic netting holds small, lightweight items.

• Learn more: From UC San Francisco, see Dr. Matt Springer's Home Preparedness in Earthquake Country advice for labs.
• See General Safety-Non Structural Seismic Hazard Reduction policy for more details.