Unsafe Lab Practices
Emergency Response
What Band is it
Rights & Responsibilities
Name That Reaction
Health & Safety Acronyms
100
What's wrong with this picture?
The container is unlabeled, which can lead to dangerous misuse or unforeseen reactions.
100
What does SDS stand for?
What is: Safety Data Sheet.
100
This DICE developmental product, IDMS46, has a No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level (NOAEL) of 300 mg/kg, suggesting low systemic toxicity potential.
What is: Band 2
100
Name your three basic worker rights under occupational health and safety law in the Province of Ontario.
What is: Right to Know, Right to Participate, or Right to Refuse Unsafe Work.
100
This reaction uses a reagent made from magnesium and an alkyl halide to form carbon–carbon bonds, typically turning ketones into alcohols.
What is the Grignard reaction?
100
This acronym refers to the airborne concentration of a substance to which nearly all workers can be exposed without adverse effects.
What is: TLV (Threshold Limit Value)?
200
Identify the unsafe practices shown.
Open-toed shoes expose feet to chemical and physical hazards.
200
What is the first step if you spill a corrosive substance on the skin?
What is: Immediately flush the affected area with water for at least 15 minutes. If a Diphoterine Kit is available, it is preferred over water.
200
Daily Double 🙌: This Boundless development trial compound, BOS2, has an Occupational Exposure Limit (OEL) of 5 µg/m³.
What is: Band 4
200
What is your responsibility if you see an unsafe condition here at Piramal?
What is: Report it to your supervisor or submit it through the MySafe incident reporting system.
200
A palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction that forms carbon–carbon bonds between a boronic acid and an organohalide.
What is the Suzuki coupling reaction?
200
This acronym describes an atmospheric concentration that poses an immediate threat to life or would cause irreversible health effects.
What is: IDLH (Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health)?
300
What is wrong with this picture?
The chemist is not wearing gloves which are critical for preventing skin exposure to chemicals.
300
Which muster zone should R&D go to if they have to evacuate the building? Where is it located?
What is: Zone A - in the North/West parking lot.
300
This Concert commercial product, used in the treatment of alopecia, has an Occupational Exposure Limit (OEL) of 52 µg/m³.
What is: Band 3
300
True or False: Only supervisors are responsible for health and safety in the workplace.
False: health and safety is everyone’s responsibility.
300
This mild oxidation technique converts primary alcohols to aldehydes using DMSO and oxalyl chloride under cold conditions.
What is the Swern oxidation?
300
Daily Double 🙌: This acronym represents a certification for professionals who specialize in workplace exposure assessment and industrial hygiene.
What is CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist)?
400
Daily Double 🙌: What is wrong with this picture?
An overcrowded fume hood reduces airflow and increases risk of fire, spill, and cross contamination.
400
In the event of a laboratory fire, what are three immediate response options you should consider?
What is: Alert others of the situation, activate the nearest pull station, evacuate the building.
400
This Exelixis commercial product, EXK6, has an Occupational Exposure Limit (OEL) of 3 µg/m³.
What is: Band 4
400
What is the role of the Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC)?
Answer: To identify hazards, conduct inspections, and make recommendations to improve workplace safety.
400
Daily Double 🙌: This reaction replaces the hydroxyl group of an alcohol with a good leaving group using methanesulfonyl chloride, often as preparation for substitution or elimination reactions.
What is the mesylation reaction?
400
This acronym refers to the maximum allowable concentration of a hazardous substance in workplace air, established by regulation or best practice.
What is: OEL (Occupational Exposure Limit)?
500
What is wrong with this picture?
Improper disposal can result in unexpected chemical exposure or dangerous reactions when combined with other waste.
500
This substance is a washing solution designed for emergency decontamination of corrosive or irritant chemical splashes to the skin or eyes.
What is: Diphoterine.
500
The Occupational Exposure Limit (OEL) for this AGB product was recently revised from Band 3 to 2 µg/m³, indicating increased potency and hazard.
What is Band 4?
500
What should you do if you are asked to do a task you believe is unsafe?
Answer: Refuse the task and report it to your supervisor.
500
This reaction reduces alkenes or alkynes by adding hydrogen across double or triple bonds using a metal catalyst like palladium or platinum.
What is hydrogenation?
500
This senior-level Canadian credential is granted by the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists and reflects advanced expertise in exposure science and occupational health.
What is: ROH (Registered Occupational Hygienist)?