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General Safety . Your responsibilities. Why be concerned with safety?. Protect yourself Protect those around Protect people you will never meet. Types of Threats. Personal safety Nuisances Physical Threats Chemical Threats. Issues of Personal Safety. Avoid working alone
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General Safety Your responsibilities
Why be concerned with safety? • Protect yourself • Protect those around • Protect people you will never meet
Types of Threats • Personal safety • Nuisances • Physical Threats • Chemical Threats
Issues of Personal Safety • Avoid working alone • After Hour Work Permits • Locking Doors
Nuisances • Stains and Dyes • Clothing Damage
Physical Threats • Dropping, falling, bumping • Cuts • Fire • Compressed gasses • Steam • Burns
Dropping, falling, bumping • Avoid wearing open toed shoes (sandals) • Clean up any spills, even water! • Use a proper ladder or step-stool • Keep cabinet doors closed
What to do in case of a cut • Let somebody know • Apply light pressure with clean towel, elevate the area above your heart • Clean wound and apply antiseptic • Disinfect any blood spills, decontaminate any waste • Deep punctures should be encouraged to bleed
Fire • Let someone know • Find an exit route (Room 220 Door and Window) • Fire extinguisher by door – PASS!
I’m on fire! • Lab coat, hair tied • Stop, Drop, and Roll • Never reach across an open flame • Never leave a flame unattended
Compressed gases • Pressure • Suffocation • Poisoning • Explosion
Steam • More lethal than fire • Autoclave (make sure pressure is zero!) • Vent all bottles and tubes during heating
“Hot glass and cold glass look exactly alike” Chartrain’s Law of Glass
What to do about minor burns • Apply wet ice to deaden the pain