Lab Safety

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

• an open door

• an open flame

• another student

• a sink

If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately

• notify your instructor

• run for the fire extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

• open the windows

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 wear contact lenses in the school laboratory,

• take them out before starting the lab

• you do not have to wear protective goggles

• advise your science instructor that you wear contact lenses.

• keep the information to yourself.

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 are heating a piece of glass and now want to pick it up. You should

• use a rag or paper towels

• pick up the end that looks cooler.

• use tongs.

• pour cold water on it.

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

Personal eyeglasses provide as much protection as

• a face shield.

• safety glasses

• splashproof chemical goggles

• none 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, hair pins, or other confining device.

In a laboratory, the following should not be worn.

• loose clothing

• dangling jewelry

• sandals.

• all of the above