Lab Safety Rules

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Lab Safety Rules

• The following rules and regulations are very
  important for your safety in the science
  classroom. You will be given a safety test soon,
  and it will be necessary for you to answer all
  questions correctly before you can participate in
  ANY lab activities.

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Rule 1

• Listen to your teacher and follow all
  instructions very carefully.
• This is the most important rule!

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Rule 2

• Be on your best behavior in the lab.
• This is a time to think and work, and not a time
  to play.

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Rule 3

• Keep your hands and other materials away from
  your eyes, nose, and mouth.

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Rule 4

• Wear Safety Goggles when
• a. working with heat in the lab.
• b. working with certain chemicals in the
  lab.
• c. your teacher tells you to.

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Rule 5

• Handle your lab equipment very carefully.
• Tell your teacher before doing anything if
  something is broken or damaged.
• Report any spills immediately!

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Rule 6

• Mix chemicals ONLY when the teacher instructs you
  to do so.

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Rule 7

• Never mix two unknown chemicals.
• Do not use substances that are not labeled.

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Rule 8

• Fasten long hair back during labs.

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Rule 9

• When heating something, always heat slowly.

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Rule 10

• If you are in doubt about what to do in the lab,
  ask your TEACHER.

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Rule 11

• All lab equipment should be cleaned and returned
  after being used.

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Rule 12

• Wash your hands thoroughly after each lab.

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Emergency Equipment
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Eye Wash Station

• Used to flood eyes with liquid to remove foreign
  materials and to dilute any harmful chemicals.

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Fire Blanket

• Fire retardant blanket used to smother out a fire
• Can be used to wrap around and individual,
  smother a table surface fire, or smother a fire
  in a trash can

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Fire Extinguishers

• Used to put out small chemical or paper fires
• In case of major fires, signal the alarm and
  evacuate the building using the fire drill
  procedures.

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Safety Charts

• Poster in the lab area
• Remind you of important lab procedures and safety
  precautions.

Be Safe!
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Safety Goggles

• Provided for each student
• Can be the most important piece of safety
  equipment you use
• They are vital to the safety of your vision.

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Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

• These sheets contain important information about
  the chemicals you use in the lab.
• Such aschemical formula, melting point, boiling
  point, odor, flammability, reaction with other
  chemicals, storage, disposal, spill, first aid

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First Aid Kit

• Contain necessary items to treat minor injuries.