Safety Procedures and Behaviors

1. Safety Proceduresand Behaviors

2. Safety Procedures • Safety Procedures • Definition • Are set so you and others in the class are not hurt while performing an experiment

3. Quick and Simple Safety Procedures • Be sure to always read directions before beginning an experiment. • Be sure to wear proper clothing. Nothing that is loose or dangling should be worn. • Long Hair should be tied back. • Know where eye wash, shower, fire exit, and fire blanket are located. • Make sure you know what safety equipment is needed for the experiment (gloves, goggles) • If there is an accident, please tell the teacher ASAP.

4. Glassware Safety • Never use broken or chipped glassware. If it is broken please inform the teacher or place in the broken glass box. • Only heat glassware that is dry. • Never pick up hot glassware with bare hands. Use tongs. • If the glassware is hot, never run cold water over it. It will bust.

5. Sharp Instrument Safety • Always use single-edged razors • Handle with extreme care • Never cut materials toward you. Cut away from you, if you do cut yourself please inform the teacher. • Dispose of ruined equipment properly.

6. Fire and Heat Safety • Always wear safety goggles when working with flames • Never reach across a flame • Never heat anything unless instructed to by your teacher • Never heat anything in a closed container • Always use a clamp, tongs, or heat resistance gloves to handle hot objects • When heating a test tube move it in and out if the flames • Fire extinguishers are to be near labs and only used in an emergency by a person who has had proper training

7. Animal Safety • Do not cause pain, discomfort, or injury to a live animal • Follow teachers directions when handling animals • Wash hands after holding the animal or its cage.

8. Electrical Safety • If an extension cord is needed use the shortest one and make sure it is not damaged • Do not use socket multipliers to overload the outlet • Never touch anything electrical with wet hands • Always be sure to keep electrical cords away from standing water

9. Chemical Safety • Always wear safety clothing when handling chemical if it does come in contact with your skin rinse for at least 15min • Never smell a chemical directly always use a wafting motion • Always have proper ventilation in a lab • When not in use keep chemicals in a labeled container • Make sure that chemicals are properly disposed of as instructed by your teacher

10. Eye and Face Safety • Wear safety goggles when handling chemicals • When heating a test tube always point it away from your face • Chemicals can splash or boil out of heated test tubes • If a chemical comes in contact with your eye rinse immediately for at least 15mins

11. Proper Dress • When in a lab wear clothes that cover as much as skin as possible • Wear closed toed shoes • Tie back long hair • Remove dangly jewelry and loose clothing to prevent them from hurting you or getting damaged

12. MSDS • Material Safety Data Sheet • This contains a list of everything that is known about a substance. Such as chemical structure, chemical approaches, chemical properties, personal safety, storage, and disposial

13. Material Safety and Data Sheet

14. White Board Review • How would you pick up a piece of hot glassware? A. With your bare hands B. With heat resistant gloves C. With the sleeve of your shirt D. With a spatula

15. White Board Review • How would you pick up a piece of hot glassware? A. With your bare hands B. With heat resistant gloves C. With the sleeve of your shirt D. With a spatula

16. White Board Review • How should you hold a test tube? A. Pointed away from your face B. Pointed at your eye C. Right up to your nose D. Very close to your partner’s face

17. White Board Review • How should you hold a test tube? A. Pointed away from your face B. Pointed at your eye C. Right up to your nose D. Very close to your partner’s face

18. White Board Review • You should report a cut in your skin, glass breakage or chemical spill • After the problem is handled • Never • Immediately • After you write down what happened.

19. White Board Review • You should report a cut in your skin, glass breakage or chemical spill • After the problem is handled • Never • Immediately • After you write down what happened.

20. White Board Review • Why shouldn’t you wear dangling jewelry and baggy clothing to the laboratory? • The baggier the clothes, the more chemical fumes are absorbed • The metal in the jewelry changes the expected reaction • Lab coats don’t fit over baggy clothing. • Jewelry and clothing could get caught on equipment and clothes can catch on fire.

21. White Board Review • Why shouldn’t you wear dangling jewelry and baggy clothing to the laboratory? • The baggier the clothes, the more chemical fumes are absorbed • The metal in the jewelry changes the expected reaction • Lab coats don’t fit over baggy clothing. • Jewelry and clothing could get caught on equipment and clothes can catch on fire.

22. White Board Review • When you are done with an experiment, how should you dispose of any chemicals used? • Mix them up in waste container and dump them in the trash • Pour all of them down the sink • Following the instructions given to properly dispose of the particular chemical • Mix the chemicals in the flask and heat the mixture until it evaporates into the air.

23. White Board Review • When you are done with an experiment, how should you dispose of any chemicals used? • Mix them up in waste container and dump them in the trash • Pour all of them down the sink • Following the instructions given to properly dispose of the particular chemical • Mix the chemicals in the flask and heat the mixture until it evaporates into the air.

24. White Board Review • Your microscope needs to be plugged into an electrical outlet. What is the best way to do this? • With a plug that has 2 bent prongs • With a plug that ahs straight prongs and a short power cord • With a plug that has straight prongs and a long extension cord • With a plug that has straight prongs and a frayed extension cord.

25. White Board Review • Your microscope needs to be plugged into an electrical outlet. What is the best way to do this? • With a plug that has 2 bent prongs • With a plug that ahs straight prongs and a short power cord • With a plug that has straight prongs and a long extension cord • With a plug that has straight prongs and a frayed extension cord.

26. Vocabulary for Flash Cards • Glassware Safety • Sharp instrument safety • Fire and heat safety • Animal safety • Electrical safety • Chemical safety • Eye and face wash safety