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Comprehensive Lab Safety Guide

This document outlines key lab safety procedures and guidelines. It instructs lab users to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) like closed-toe shoes, long pants, lab coats, safety goggles and gloves. Safety equipment like fire extinguishers, safety showers and eyewash stations should be located. No food or drinks are permitted and chemicals must be handled carefully in fume hoods. Spills should be cleaned up using spill kits and absorbents, and broken glass disposed of properly. Proper PPE and handling of equipment, chemicals and waste is essential for safety in the lab.

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Comprehensive Lab Safety Guide

This document outlines key lab safety procedures and guidelines. It instructs lab users to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) like closed-toe shoes, long pants, lab coats, safety goggles and gloves. Safety equipment like fire extinguishers, safety showers and eyewash stations should be located. No food or drinks are permitted and chemicals must be handled carefully in fume hoods. Spills should be cleaned up using spill kits and absorbents, and broken glass disposed of properly. Proper PPE and handling of equipment, chemicals and waste is essential for safety in the lab.

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Lab Safety

Safety Overview

• Dress appropriately
• Wear your PPE
• Locate safety equipment
• No food or drinks will be permitted in
the lab
Safety Overview

• Keep round bottom flasks in cork


rings
• Never force glassware into a
connection/joint, use grease
• Change your gloves if in contact
with organic solvents
• Do not use Bunsen burners unless
otherwise instructed
• Keep all volatile chemicals in the
fume hood
• Never dispose of organic solvents
in a sink, use the waste containers
Using Safety
Equipment
• Locate all safety equipment when
you enter the lab
• In case of a fire, the lab has a fire
extinguisher, fire blanket, and fire
alarm
• In the event of a large chemical spill
on a person, use the safety shower
for 15 minutes and remove clothing
• If you get chemicals in your eyes,
use the eyewash station for 15
minutes
• Use the first aid kit for minor
injuries
• If ANY of the above hazards occurs
in the lab, tell the instructor or TA
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
• Wear closed-toed shoes and long pants
• Long hair should be tied back
• Wear your lab coat, safety goggles, and
gloves whenever work is being done in
the lab
• If you wear glasses, you will have to
wear safety glasses over them
• Loose jewelry and accessories should
not be worn in the lab
• Do not wear PPE outside the lab or while
eating or drinking
• Do not touch doorknobs with gloves on
• When removing gloves, avoid touching
the outside of the gloves with your bare
hand
Spills in the Lab
• Understand the hazards of the
chemicals in the lab by reading the
SDS before lab
• Locate the spill kit when you arrive
at the lab
• When a spill occurs, use the
absorbent found in the spill kit or
use paper towels initially if the spill
is small enough
• Dispose of the labelled bag of used
absorbent in the solid waste
container
• For an acidic spill, use the sodium
bicarbonate and for bases use citric
or ascorbic acid to neutralize them
• If glassware is broken, carefully
dispose of it in the broken glass
container
• If a spill occurs, ALWAYS notify the
instructor or TA
Lab Safety Symbols

• Note the warning signs


posted in the lab
• Familiarize yourself
with the NFPA and
GHS labelling systems
• Be careful around gas
cylinders
References
• http://www.mhollier.com/SyllabiAndSchedules/Perimeter%20College%
20Safety%20Training%20PowerPoint%20Presentation.pdf\
• https://www.chemsafetypro.com/Topics/USA/NFPA_704_Label_NFPA_R
ating.html
• https://ehs.princeton.edu/news/know-your-hazard-symbols-pictograms
• https://troutunderground.com/Lab-Glassware-Ml-Round-Bottom-Flask/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion#/media/File:Staubexplosi
on.jpg
• https://www.chemicals.co.uk/blog/why-is-ppe-important-in-the-
workplace
• https://www.csusm.edu/shs/laboratorysafety/chemicalspill.html

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