Safety In The Lab Flashcards
What does WHMIS stand for?
Workplace Hazardeous Materials Information System
What does MSDS stand for? What might it contain?
Materials Safety Data Sheet
-must have a label
-info must be readily available to all workers
-16 sections with info about the hazards and details
-pictograms are used to represent dangers clearly (safety hazards symbols)
what are the three safety hazard symbols? what do they mean? what color and shape are they?
Caution-yellow, yield sign
Warning-orange, diamond
Danger-red, stop sign
What does the symbol with a gas cylinder represent?
Compressed Gas
(for gases under pressure)
explain what a biohazardous infectious materials symbol is used for?
for organisms or toxins that can cause diseases in people or animals
what does the symbol that shows a flame over a circle mean?
oxidizing hazards, (isn’t flammable, fuels a fire if nearby)
what does the symbol that has an exploding bomb on it?
explosive material lol
what does the symbol with beakers pouring onto hands?
corrosive material, for corrosive damage to metals, and skin/eyes
what does the skull and cross bones symbol resemble?
poisonous and infectious material causing immediate and serious toxic effects
what does the big “R” symbol symbolize?
dangerously reactive material
what does the flame symbol mean?
flammable (obvi)
what does the symbol with a human with their insides breaking mean?
Health hazardous material
What does the “T” combined with an “!” mean?
poisonous and infectious material causing other toxic effects (less deadly than skull & crossbones)
