W1_LABORATORY SAFETY

• Protocols are in place to ensure everyone's safety

  inside the laboratory.
• It is the laboratory personnel's responsibility to be informed and to comply with these protocols.
• Protocols are present in order to maintain the integrity of the tests/procedures.
• These protocols may contain which protective gear/s are required, the do's and don'ts, and other guidelines.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Know emergency procedures.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Never work in a laboratory without the supervision of a teacher.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Always perform the experiments or work precisely as directed by the teacher.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Immediately Report any spills, accidents, or injuries to the teacher.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Never leave experiments while in progress.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Be careful when handling hot glassware and apparatus in the laboratory. Hot glassware looks just like cold glassware.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Never point the open end of a test tube containing a substance at yourself or others.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Never fill a pipette using a mouth suction. Always use a pipetting device.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Make sure no flammable solvents are in the surrounding area when lighting a flame.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Do not leave lit Bunsen Burners unattended.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Turn off all heating apparatus, gas valves, and water faucets when not in use.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Do not remove any equipment or chemicals from the laboratory.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Coats, bags, and other personal items must be stored in designated areas, not on the bench tops or the aisle ways.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Notify your teacher of any sensitivities that you may have to particular chemicals if known.
• GENERAL WORK PROCEDURE

  -Keep the floor of all objects (ice, small objects, spilled liquids)
• HOUSEKEEPING

  -Keep work area neat and free of unnecessary objects.
• HOUSEKEEPING

  -Thoroughly clean your laboratory work space at the end of the laboratory session.
• HOUSEKEEPING

  -Do not block the sink drains with debris.
• HOUSEKEEPING

  -Never block access to exits or emergency equipment.
• HOUSEKEEPING

  -Inspect all equipment for damage (cracks, defects, etc.) prior to use, do not use damaged equipment.
• HOUSEKEEPING

  -Never pour chemical waste into sink drains or waste baskets.
• HOUSEKEEPING

  -Place chemical waste in appropriately labeled waste containers.
• HOUSEKEEPING

  -Properly dispose of broken glassware and other sharp objects (eg. syringe, needles) immediately in designated containers.
• HOUSEKEEPING

  -Properly dispose of weigh boats, gloves, filter paper, and paper towels in the laboratory.
• PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

  
• SAFETY EQUIPMENT

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• LABEL

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  EXPLOSIVE

  
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  FLAMMABLE

  
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  OXIDIZING

  
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  GAS UNDER PRESSURE

  
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  CORROSIVE

  
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  ACUTE TOXICITY

  
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  HEALTH HAZARD

  
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  SERIOUS HEALTH HAZARD

  
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  HAZARDOUS TO THE ENVIRONMENT