Lab Safety + WHMIS + Glassware Flashcards
What can you do in the event of any accident no matter how minor
Alert teacher and peers. If the accident is treatable your safety equipment. In a bad situation activate the bell and exit through the emergency exit
What do you do if you break glassware
Alert the teacher and Peers sweep the glass up and put it in the glass bin
How much are you supposed to fill the test tube
2/3 full
How should you always hold any glassware
Carefully with gloves or tongs. Using enough support
How to properly smell in a science lab
Waft the smell towards yourself
What does WHMIS stand for
Workplace hazardous material information system
Why is it important to Have a common sense of safety labels for hazardous chemicals in all work place in school
It is important because those labels identify the dangerous factors of the chemical hence help us avoid accidents
What are some precautions for explosives
Keep separated from other chemicals
Do not shake
Keep away from heat
What are some precautions for flammable
Keep away from flammable items, keep away from heat, how fire equipment ready, do not shake
What are some precautions for oxidizers
Keep contained in fume hood
What are some precautions for compressed gas
Handle carefully (do not drop), keep away from heat
What are some precautions for corrosives
Keep away from skin
wear goggles
What are some precautions for acute toxicity
Where is safety gears (especially mask), avoid direct contact, keep securely contained, do not inhale or digest
What are some precautions for health hazard
Minimize contact, handle carefully
What are some precautions for exclamation mark
Where is safety gears, avoid contact on skin or eyes, wash immediately
What are some precautions for Environmental hazards
Do not dispose into sink drain, keep contained, do not use outside
What are tongs used for
Used to pick up or hold hot objects
What are stir rods used for
Used to stir chemicals