General Laboratory Safety
This protocol requires you to alert a coworker in the facility and establish a frequency of 'check in' via phone or in person.
What is Working Alone?
Stand behind person. Make a fist with one hand. Grasp first with other hand. Perform a total of 5 abdominal thrusts.
What is the Heimlich maneuver?
An unplanned sequence of events or actions with minor consequences
What is an Incident?
The acronym is S.O.P.
What are Standard Operating Procedures?
Protects foot from falling objects or compression
What are steel toe shoes?
An unplanned incident that resulted in an injury, ill health, damage to the environment, damage to or loss of facilities and materials.
What is an Accident?
Stands for EMO.
What is Emergency Machine Off?
When clothing catches on fire.
What is Stop, Drop, and Roll?
An unsafe situation or incident that could or could have caused human injury, environmental or equipment damage, or an interruption to normal operation.
What is a Near-miss?
Place you dispose contaminated gloves and shoe covers.
What is hazardous waste bin?
This is what you do during an earthquake.
What is Drop, Cover, and Hold on?
Before doing this make sure feed lines are empty and de-pressurized. Use absorbent pads to catch incidental drips. Cap disconnected lines.
What is disconnecting piping/containers?
Lockout/Tagout is a form of this.
What is Administration Control?
Use this to flush out chemicals in your eyes.
What is an Eye Wash Station?
Always move these using a suitable hand truck or cart when handling these.
What are Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety?