Safety Awareness in Metro Science Labs

1. Safety Awareness in Metro Science Labs

2. Students should never be in the lab unsupervised. • If the teacher needs to leave the lab you should stop working until they return • For safety and security concerns labs will be locked when not in use

3. NO food or drinks are allowed in the labs • The use of chemicals and biological microorganisms is not a safe environment for things the students might be eating or drinking. • This includes instructors and students.

4. No students in the prep areas • Please do not enter the prep room areas. • These are work areas for faculty and lab assts. • If you need a teacher or lab asst. please knock.

5. Accidents • Inform your instructor of any and all accidents no matter what. • They will help you determine what action to take.

6. Posted Emergency Phone Numbers • Emergency phone numbers are posted in both the lab and lecture room • Usually cell phones are also available. • Should you use a cell phone or a land line to call 911 if needed.

7. Exits from Lab We are here! N

8. Fires

9. Fires • If you do have a fire inform your instructor immediately • Small fires can be smothered with a watch glass or other non -flammable lid. • For a large fire pull the fire alarm • A fire blanket and extinguishers are in the lab

10. Fire Blanket & Fire Extinguisher

11. PASS – Pull the Pin, Aim, Squeeze the handle, Sweep

12. Chemicals in the Lab • Some may be corrosive, flammable, irritants or may cause another type of hazard • Do not contaminate bottles of chemicals

13. Chemical Disposal • Correct disposal directions will be provided by your instructor • Always ask – just don’t dump chemicals down the drain.

14. Spill Kits

15. Mercury Spill Kit

16. MSDS Sheets = Material Safety Data Sheets = give complete info about all chemicals = need to be in a location that is always accessible

17. Fume or Exhaust Hoods Ductless Hoods

18. Fume or Exhaust Hoods Ducted Hoods

19. Disposal of broken glass • Inform your instructor if you break a piece of glassware. • They will assist in cleaning it up. • All broken glass goes in the “Glass Disposal” boxes located in the labs. • NEVER put broken glass in the trash cans.

20. Broken Glass boxes are available

21. Biohazard Disposal and Bodily Fluid Spills

22. Wear goggles! • Eyes can be damaged by • Particle impact • Damaging radiation • Liquid contact • Can happen in any class – Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science

23. Care of goggles • Goggles should be clean when you take them from the cabinet. • Clean the lenses w/lens wipes only • Clean the plastic part that sets against your face w/an alcohol wipr

24. This could be you!

25. Safety Shower& Eye Wash Station

26. Something to ponder… “You can eat with false teeth You can dance with a wood leg BUT You can not see with a glass eye.”

27. Appropriate attire must be worn • No open-toed shoes or bare midriffs • Must wear socks w/open healed shoes • Sleeves should be pushed up or snug around the wrist (nylon melts) • Protective clothing (lab coats & aprons are available)

28. Lab Coats, Aprons, Latex or Non-Latex Gloves

29. 6. Keep hair tied back • Hair burns • Hair could get tangled in lab apparatus (i.e. physics)

30. Emergency Shut Offs • For Gas – under sink of instructors desk at front of the room • For Gas & Electric – Red button in main hall

31. First Aid Kit

32. Gas and Electric Supply Shut OffsThese will be different for each lab setting • There is usually a main shut off button (which shuts off gas AND electricity to the labs) • AND/OR there may also be a shut off where the main gas line comes into the lab like under one of the main sinks or hoods.

33. “Cleanliness is next to Godliness” • Clean up your glassware at the end of lab • Once glassware is removed from the shelves for use during a lab, it should NOT be returned to the shelves • It should be rinsed and placed in the drying area • Lab staff will re-shelve the glassware

34. Let’s Review

35. What about this situation?