Unit 1 L0 2 - Lab Safety

To prevent accidents during laboratory activities with chemicals and equipment, you should

follow your teacher's direction

You may remove your goggles while in the lab room

if no one is doing an experiment and all the clean up in done

You get a chemical in your eye. What should you do?

immediately flush with water, continue washing for 15 minutes, and tell your Teacher

If you spill acid on yourself then you should

immediately wash with soap and and cool water and tell your teacher

When you work with laboratory chemicals, equipment, or burners, all loose clothes are

removed or tie-backed

When smelling contents of a container

wave some vapors toward your nose

You have looked up the hazards of the chemicals you will be using in a particular lab, and found out that they are mild health hazards, requiring you to avoid skin contact. Therefore, when in lab you should

wear long pants, wear gloves and closed toed shoes, and even a lab coat if possible

True or False: Always return unused chemicals to stock containers

False

True or False: It is okay to eat or drink in a laboratory classroom

False

True or False: Joking and horseplay is NOT okay in the lab, but social conversation is

False

True: or False: When following the instructions of the lab, it is okay to do it your own way if you believe you know a better way

False

True or False: Never use unlabeled chemicals.

True

Helping to clean up the classroom and laboratory is the job of

all students

If you see something in the classroom that is dangerous, such as a chemical spill, you should tell the teacher

at once

Broken glassware left around the lab is a hazard because

1. if on the floor, might step on it and cut their foot 2. if on the lab bench, someone might lean on the bench and cut their arm 3. if in the sink, someone might try to pick it up to throw it away properly and cut themselves Answer: All scenarios