Safety

1. Safety Procedures and Equipment

2. General Safety • Know the location and proper use of all safety equipment • Listen to/Read the directions • Follow them carefully • Only change the procedure if asked to do so • Be sure you understand the directions, STOP and ASK if you are unsure. • Begin the activity when asked (not before) • Keep work area neat and clean • Do NOT eat or drink in lab

3. General Safety cont. • Tell me if something is going wrong • Examples: broken glass, spill, fire, injury • Focus on what you are doing • Clean up all materials and equipment after you have finished • Wash your hands with soap and water after each lab • When everyone is finish everything then you may remove safety equipment

4. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT • Wear safety goggles during entire lab • Do NOT wear contact lenses • Roll up long sleeves and tie back long hair • Wear long pants and closed toed shoes • Wear gloves if applicable

5. Heat, Fire & Electrical Safety • Only heat when it is part of the procedure • Never reach across a flame • Never leave a flame unattended • If heating a test tube, point the end away from people • Use tongs or gloves to pick up hot objects • Know where the fire extinguisher and fire blanket are (know how to use them) • Keep water away from electricity

6. CLASSES OF FIRES

7. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Do not aim the fire extinguisher at a person! It removes oxygen to stop the fire, but removing oxygen from a person is bad!

8. If Disaster Strikes • If you are burned: • Rinse the area under cold water and let me know. • If you do catch on fire: • Stop, drop and roll while someone grabs the fireblanket and smothers you with it. • If something else or someone else catches on fire: • DO NOT panic. • If someone is on fire grab the fireblanket get them to do as above. Let me know. • If something is on fire, let me know. • Shut off gas valves if using them.

9. Chemicals • Never taste, smell, touch or mix chemicals unless is part of procedure – Use wafting when instructed to smell • Keep all lids closed tightly on chemicals • Wash your hands after handling chemicals • Dispose of chemicals as instructed, DO NOT pour chemicals down sinks unless told. Do NOT pour extra back into stock containers ever. • Wash any area of your body that comes into contact with a chemical.

10. If Disaster Strikes • If something spills: • Tell me FIRST then we will clean it up together. • If you spill something on yourself: • Immediately rinse it with water and let me know. • If you spill a lot on yourself: • Go directly to the emergency shower located in the science storeroom. • Pull down the handle and rinse yourself off for 10 minutes. • If chemicals get in your eyes rinse with eye wash for 15 minutes

11. Glass & Sharp Objects • Handle glassware, knives and other sharp instruments with care (cut away from self and others) • DO NOT work with cracked or chipped glass • It can explode and shatter

12. If Disaster Strikes • If you cut yourself: • Apply pressure and/or Rinse the wound with water and let me know. • If you break some glass: • Let me know, do not attempt to pick up the pieces • We will get the broken glass container and clean up the mess.

13. WHMIS • WHMIS stands for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Sheet • Any potentially dangerous substance is labeled to warn users of possible danger

14. Class A • Compressed Gas • Including compressed gas, dissolved gas, or liquefied gas • CO2 cartridges, Oxygen tanks, Liquid Nitrogen tanks

15. Class B • Flammable and Combustible Material • Flammable Gases • Flammable and Combustible Liquids • Flammable Solids • Flammable Aerosols

16. Class C • Oxidizing Material • Any Hazardous Material which causes or contributes to the combustion of another material.

17. Class D1 • Poisonous & Infectious Materials • Material causing immediate and serious toxic effects • Materials which are potentially fatal or may cause permanent damage

18. Class D2 • Poisonous & Infectious Materials • Material causing other chronic or long term effects • Material which may cause death or permanent damage as a result of repeated exposure over an extended period of time • May be an irritant to the skin, eyes, or respiratory system • May cause cancer, birth defects, or sterility.

19. Class D3 • Poisonous & Infectious Materials • Biohazardous and Infectious Materials • Materials which may cause disease in humans and animals, such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi • May also include cultures and diagnostic specimens such as blood, urine, and body tissue.

20. Class E • Corrosive Material • Material which may corrode aluminum and steel or human flesh

21. Class F • Dangerously Reactive Material • Materials which undergo vigorous reactions • Materials which become self-reactive under conditions of shock, or increased temperature or pressure

22. Other Symbols Caution Warning Danger Explosive Flammable Poisonous Corrosive

23. HIS Hazard Classifications

24. SAFETY EQUIPMENT Know the location and use of all the science lab safety equipment, including: Sinks, Safety Shower Eye Wash Fire Blankets Fire Extinguishers, Fire sand Fire Exits Gas shut off valve First Aid Kit Broken glass bucket