CHEMISTRYSEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Lab 01 – Safety Inspection

WELCOMEFUTURE SAFETY INSPECTOR

SCIENCE STARTER

•Silently read the LAB SAFETY CONTRACT•You have 3 minutes

SCIENCE STARTER

•Silently read the LAB SAFETY CONTRACT•You have 3

minutes

YOUR WORK SITE ASSIGNMENT

• Today you will be visiting 5 work sites.• Please prepare

SITUATION

• There have been many lab accidents over the previous years.

YOUR MISSION

–Review the situation–Identify the safety rules

violated–Identify the consequences–Propose a solution

WORK SITE 0

• A Jan. 7, 2010 accident in a laboratory in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry left a graduate student seriously injured. The student was working with energetic materials in greater quantities than was prudent. He also was working outside of a hood and without a blast shield and personal protective wear.

Block 1 of Work Site Field Report

• Identify the safety rules that was not followed. Make sure to be detailed and to note which safety rules on the Lab Safety contract was broken.

Block 2 of Work Site Field Report

• Describe the consequences for not following each of the lab safety rules.

Block 3 of Work Site Field Report

• Provide solutions for preventing the laboratory accident from occurring in the future. Make sure to provide enough details.

WORK SITES

• You must visit the 4 remaining work sites that have been assigned to you

• Visit them in the order assigned• You are only allowed 5 minutes at each site to

finish each work site report • Be safe and stay focus, these laboratories

need your help.