Laboratory Safety

If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately

• notify your instructor.

• run for the fire extinguisher.

• throw water on the fire.

• open the windows.

Flammable materials, like alcohol, should never be dispensed or used near

• an open door.

• an open flame.

• another student.

• a sink

Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the laboratory

• to avoid eye strain.

• to improve your vision.

• only if you don't have corrective glasses.

• any time chemicals, heat or glassware are used.

If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab procedure, you should

• figure it out as you do the lab.

• try several methods until something works.

• ask the instructor before proceeding.

• skip it and go on to the next part.

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class.

• disposed of according to your instructor's directions.

• dumped in the sink.

• taken home.

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burn, etc.). First you should

• visit the school nurse after class.

• see a doctor after school.

• tell the science instructor at once.

• apply first aid yourself.

In a laboratory, the following should not be worn.

• loose clothing.

• dangling jewelry.

• sandals.

• all of the above.

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short.

• held away from the experiment with one hand.

• always neatly groomed.

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, hairpins, or other confining device.

The following footwear is best in the laboratory.

• sandals

• open-toed shoes

• closed-toe shoes

• shoes appropriate for the weather

If an acid is splashed on your skin, wash at once with

• soap.

• oil.

• weak base.

• plenty of water.