Photography Darkroom Safety

The following are Darkroom Safety rules:

• PPE must be worn at all times

• No eating or drinking in the darkroom

• Treat all chemicals with respect, read the labels carefully when handling.

• No running or silly behaviour

• All of the above

Darkroom organisation is very important. All darkrooms, large or small, should have separate wet and dry areas.

• True

• False

If you don’t handle the darkroom chemicals carefully, photographic ________________can create serious health problems.

• chemicals

• tongs

• paper

• film

When processing with photographic chemicals it is essential to wear PPE (personal protective equipment). This includes:

• goggles

• pvc apron

• pvc gloves

• all of the above

The possibility of health hazards should be taken seriously. The best safeguards are an awareness of the potential problems that may arise in the darkroom and the use of..

• a heavy book

• a mask

• a wet rag

• common sense

Spills must be cleaned up and breakages reported .....

• immediately

• at the end of the lesson

• whenever you remember

• don't worry about someone else will take care of it

After each session in the darkroom, you must wash your hands thoroughly.

• True

• False

When working in the darkroom, you are working in filtered light most of the time, it is important to...

• ensure nothing is left on the floor or on the benches you could bump into or trip over.

• bring a torch with you.

• bring your mobile phone with you.

• turn the fluorescent lights on so you can see properly.

Proper ventilation is installed in the darkroom for your safety, both room ventilation and ventilation behind the chemical trays ...

• only one of these is useful.

• which is great to know!

• but they don't need to be turned on they are loud and annoying!

• must be switched on when chemically processing in the darkroom.

An educational organisation like a school or college must dispose of chemical waste responsibly by using chemical waste recycling bins or by obtaining a waste discharge permit.

• True

• False