SAFETY AND PROCEDURES

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SAFETY AND PROCEDURES

• St. F.X. CHEMISTRY
• September 2007

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SAFETY IS

• AN ATTITUDE
• A FRAME OF MIND
• EVERYBODYS RESPONSIBILITY

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ATTIRE

• SAFETY GLASSES
• NO CONTACT LENSES
• LAB COAT
• PROPER SHOES
• LONG HAIR TIED BACK

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BEHAVIOUR

• No food or drink
• No gum
• No visitors (exceptions faculty Staff
  correctly attired)
• Follow all Safety Rules at all times

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PREPARATION

• Know the lab
• Locations and Use of all Safety Features
• Know the work to be done
• Understand and Plan the procedure to be followed
• Know how to Cleanup on completion of the days
  work

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SAFETY FEATURES

• Locations and Use of
• First-Aid Kit Eye Wash Safety Shower Fire
  Blanket Fire Extinguisher Fire Alarm Broken
  Glass Container Spill Kit MSDS Binder(s)
  Emergency Telephone
• Fire Alarm buzzer
• Building Evacuation Procedures? Evacuation
  Route(s) and Meeting Places

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FLOOR PLANS

• Displayed in all labs on exit doors
• Show locations of Safety Features
• Emergency telephone numbers
• Building Evacuation Procedures

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PLAN AHEAD IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

• Alarms
• Clothing on fire
• Chemical spill on body
• Chemical spill in eye
• Medical Emergency
• Chemical spills/cleanup

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SAFETY INFORMATION

• Entitled to know potential hazards of all
  materials you are working with
• We are required by law to provide information
  and training
• You are required by law to take responsibility
  for your own safety
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
  (WHMIS)

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WHMIS has three components

• Labels
• Material Safety Data Sheets
• Education and Training

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WHMIS requires that all labels

• Describe safe handling precautions to prevent
  exposure
• Make sure you read the label carefully and
  understand it - ask your instructor if you have
  any questions
• WHMIS labels are commonly found in 3 forms
• Supplier Labels
• WHMIS labels on bottles from the supplier must
  have a hatched border and be in both official
  languages (English French)
• Workplace Labels
• Laboratory Labels

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WHMIS LABELS

• SUPPLIER LABELS
• must contain the following
• Product name
• Risk phrase
• Hazard symbol(s)
• Safe handling precautions
• First aid information
• A reference to a datasheet (MSDS) for further
  info
• Supplier name

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WORKPLACE LABELS

• On diluted materials or, if you transfer the
  product to a smaller bottle, the label needs to
  have
• Product name (and concentration)
• Safe handling precautions
• Reference to the MSDS

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LABORATORY LABELS

• If the small amount of the product you took from
  the main bottle or the solution that you prepared
  will be used up (by you only) the same day, the
  container should have
• Product name
• Your initials
• The date
• If you are sharing with a co-worker or do not use
  or discard it that day then it must have a
  WORKPLACE label.

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Material Safety Data Sheets

• Locations
• Teaching Labs
• Professors files
• Inventory Control Room (1065)
• On-Line (emdchemicals.com fishersci.ca alfa.com)

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MATERIALSAFETY DATA SHEETS (MSDS)

• Product Information (product name, supplier,
  contact numbers)
• Hazardous Ingredients (the chemicals in the
  product)
• Physical data (such as odour, appearance, acidity
  etc.)
• Fire Explosion data (is the product a fire
  hazard?)
• Reactivity Data (will the product react with
  other materials? does it need to be stored in a
  specific way?)
• Health Hazards or Toxicological Properties (how
  the product will affect you if you are exposed)
• Safe Handling Instructions or Preventative
  Measures (how to safely handle the product)
• First Aid Measures (in case you or a co-worker is
  accidentally exposed)
• Preparation Information (the MSDS must be no more
  than 3 years old to ensure the information is
  current)

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MSDS

• MSDS Acetic Acid CH3COOH

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Waste Disposal get it right

• Separating Chemical Waste (think about which
  container ahead of time!)
• Aqueous Inorganic
• Liquid Organic
• non-halogenated, halogenated, base
• Solid Inorganic
• Solid Organic
• Glassware (green bin), syringes (yellow Sharps
  container) etc.,
• Sink, garbage can

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SPILL CLEAN-UP

• Decisions
• Clean up that can be done with paper towel
• Clean up that requires use of a Spill Kit
• How to dispose of spill clean up material
• Report Restock
• Keep all work space clean and free of spills

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INSTRUMENT ROOMS

• Available times
• Cleanliness
• Log Books
• Computers
• Locked doors

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THESIS WORK REQUESTS

• Anticipation
• Request Procedures
• Recycling
• Returns
• Inventory Numbers

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SUMMARY

• Plan ahead
• Understand what you are doing
• Work safely
• Consider others
• Sign Safety Agreement for all teaching and
  research labs
• Safety Book

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WHMIS REQUIREMENTS

• This constitutes our requirement to educate and
  train you in WHMIS
• But REMEMBER ?

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SAFETY AT ST.F.X. CHEMISTRY
Is Everybodys Responsibility