Lab Safety Lab Safety Equipment Learn the location

Lab Safety

Lab Safety Equipment Learn the location and proper use of: • Eyewash fountain • Safety shower • Fire extinguisher • Fire alarm box • Evacuation routes • Clean-up brush and dust pan • Broken glass container

Be Ready for Lab! Before you enter the lab: • Always read the lab instructions. • Ask questions about the lab procedures, materials, and expectations. • Be prepared to do your part as a member of your lab team.

Dressing for Labs that involve the use of glassware, chemicals and heat will require that you: • Wear Goggles. • Wear closed-toed shoes. • Wear long hair pulled back. • Leave dangling necklaces and earrings in you backpack.

Physical Safety • Leave your purse, backpack or books at your desk- do not bring them to lab. • Handle equipment carefully. • Do not place cords or materials where someone can trip over them. • Push all stools in- out of the way. • Keep your lab area neat.

Chemical Safety Consider all chemicals dangerous • Never touch, taste or smell a chemical unless instructed by the teacher. Keep lids on chemical containers when not in use.

Chemical Safety • Never mix chemicals unless instructed to do so. • When diluting acid, pour acid into water.

Heating Safety • Never point the end of a test-tube at yourself or others. • Never heat in a closed container. • Never leave a heat source unattended.

Heating Safety • Always use tongs and gloves when heating and handling heated glass or metal. • Do not place hot glassware directly on a lab table or in cold water.

Electrical Safety • Only electric plugs are to be placed into an electrical outlet • Unplug electrical equipment after use.

Electrical Safety • Keep all electrical cords, wires, and appliances away form water. • Make sure electrical cords are tucked away, neat and tidy.

Sharp Objects • Always cut away from your fingers and body. • Always carry sharp objects with points and tips down and away from others. • Never try to catch a falling sharp object. • Hold sharp instruments only by the handle.

Treatment of Specimens Respect the life of all laboratory specimens. They gave their life for your education.

In Case of Emergency • If you get any chemical in your eye, immediately was the eye with eyewash fountain and notify teacher. • If you burn yourself, plunge burned area into water and notify teacher.

In Case of Emergency • If glassware or chemicals are spilled on the floor, guard the area, notify the teacher and clean up as directed. Never pick up broken glass with your fingers.

Thou Shalt Not!! • Enter the storeroom unless given permission. • Touch any equipment, chemicals, or other material until instructed to do so. • Eat, drink or chew gum in the lab. • Engage in any practical jokes: – Horseplay – Rough house – Running

Remember to: Stay at your work/lab station. Maintain a clean work area. Read and follow all directions. Report any spills, accidents or injury to the teacher. Clean and put away all equipment before you leave the lab. • Dispose of waste products according to instruction. • Deposit all broken glass and sharp objects into the “Broken Glass” container. • • •

Safety Counts so Do It Right!