BACE Review Safety and Workplace Behavior

When handling chemicals, the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) provides information about:

• Recipes and lab results

• Chemical hazards, safe handling, and emergency procedures

• Company policies

• Personnel training

The Hazard Communication Standard (Right-to-Know Law) ensures employees:

• Are trained to understand chemical hazards through labels and SDSs

• Are protected from physical labor

• Can skip PPE if experienced

• Only handle biological materials

The OSHA Laboratory Standard applies primarily to:

• Office staff

• Non-hazardous production lines

• Laboratories using hazardous chemicals

• Retail stores

What should you do before handling hazardous materials?

• Review the SDS and ensure proper PPE

• Eat lunch

• Ask a coworker what to do

• Skip precautions

When storing chemicals, the most important principle is to:

• Organize alphabetically

• Store incompatible chemicals separately

• Keep all bottles open for ventilation

• Mix solvents for efficiency

Where should flammable liquids be stored?

• Regular shelving

• Plastic bins

• Flammable storage cabinet away from ignition sources

• In a freezer

The Personal Protective Equipment Standard requires employers to:

• Provide and ensure use of appropriate PPE

• Let employees buy their own PPE

• Post PPE rules only in breakrooms

• Require PPE only for chemical work

According to OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, what should workers do if exposed to blood or bodily fluids?

• Rinse and return to work immediately

• Report the incident and follow the exposure control plan

• Dispose of contaminated PPE at home

• Ignore minor exposures

When an SOP deviation occurs, the first step you should take is:

• Ignore it if no one noticed

• Record the deviation and notify your supervisor immediately

• Fix it quietly and move on

• Wait until the end of the week to report it

If a spill occurs, you should:

• Immediately leave and tell someone later

• Alert others, follow spill procedures, and use PPE

• Mop it up without telling anyone

• Ignore it if small