Safety Techniques
This is the first action a student should take if their clothing is in on fire.
What is "Stop, Drop, and Roll?"
PPE that protects your upper body.
What is a lab coat?
This is the least comfortable piece of PPE and the most common one forgotten by students.
What are lab goggles?
Who is the instructor?
These items are never allowed in the lab and must be left on the table outside the lab entrance.
What is food and drink?
This is used to pour liquids from a container with a large mouth to a container with a smaller mouth.
What is "a funnel?"
Students with long hair must complete this safety task at the start of lab.
What is tie hair back?
When waste chemicals are incorrectly disposed of this is the location they are poured instead of in the waste collection hood.
What is the sink?
This is the location to run to (or get dragged to) if chemicals are splashed into your eyes.
What is the eye wash station?
This writing implement is the only acceptable tool for recording data in a lab notebook.
What is a pen?
An order in which reagents are added to one another that prevents boiling and splattering.
What is "Add Acid"
This item must be worn at all times in the lab and must be both splash and impact resistant.
What are lab goggles?
What are the lockers?
Your instructor must complete this task if you are hurt in the lab.
What is an accident report to the college?
This person is not your instructor but they will help answer lab questions and help the class work safely.
Who is Ron Theofolis?
A method to prevent over exposure to a vapor while smelling it.
What is wafting?
If a student does not wear this item to class they will get to wear the booties of shame.
What are close toe and heel shoes?
This is the most important thing a student can do to be safe in lab and it is frequently not completed before the start of lab.
What is read the lab procedure and complete the pre lab assignment?
If a Bunsen burner fire becomes out of control this is the first step to take.
What is turn off the gas? Alternatively, what is yell fire?
This is the location of the fire extinguishers.
What is the NE door and the SW window of the lab?
Pouring excess reagents back into the storage bottles may cause this problem for the whole class class.
What is contamination?
This item will prevent spills on the most common body part to be exposed to chemicals.
What are gloves.
This is a technique to prevent accidently overfilling and overflowing a buret.
If 3M HCl is spilled on your hands this is the amount of time you will need to flush the skin with running water.
What is 15 - 20 minutes?
This is something your instructor will forget to do at the beginning of lab, so it is everyone's job to reminder her to do it!
What is turn on the fume hoods?