Chemical Safety
These are the two main resources for safety information for chemical products. (2/2)
What are safety data sheets and chemical labels?
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This section of a safety data sheet gives an overview of the hazards, protective measures, and first aid measures associated with a chemical product.
What is Section 2 - Hazard Identification?
These are microorganisms (like viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc.) that are transmitted through blood or other potentially infectious material and can cause disease in humans.
What are bloodborne pathogens?
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This is a type of injury or disorder involving damage to (or pain in) muscles, tendons, ligaments, peripheral nerves, joints, cartilage, vertebral discs, bones, and/or blood vessels.
What are musculoskeletal disorders (i.e., soft tissue injuries, ergonomic injuries, etc.)?
Even though they don’t seem that bad when compared to other hazards, these types of incidents are very common and have led to significant injuries, like sprains and strains, lacerations, broken bones, back injuries, and head injuries.
What are slips, trips, and falls?
This is what you should do if you have concerns about your safety in lab spaces on campus.
What is contact your supervisor and/or the safety manager?
What is Section 4 - First Aid Measures?
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OSHA says that employees must be protected from bloodborne pathogens when they must work with blood or “other potentially infectious material.” On campus, this is what we consider “other potentially infectious material.”
What are feces, vomit and any other bodily fluid/tissue contaminated with blood or bodily fluid/tissue when we can’t tell what it is?
These are signs and symptoms of an ergonomic injury. (2/7+)
What are aches and pains, tingling or numbness, shooting or stabbing pains, swelling and inflammation, stiffness or difficulty moving, a burning sensation, and a loss of strength or mobility?
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This is what results when there is too little traction between a person’s feet or footwear and the surface they are walking, working, or standing on.
What are slips?
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If you transfer a chemical product from a larger container (or mixing station) to a secondary container, like a spray bottle, this is the minimum information required to be on the secondary container.
What is the product name/identifier and information about the associated hazards?
This section of a safety data sheet would tell you the appropriate personal protective equipment to wear while using a hazardous chemical product. (Not Section 2)
What is Section 8 - Exposure Control/Personal Protection?
These are the two primary routes of exposure for bloodborne pathogens (i.e., the primary ways bloodborne pathogens can get into our body).
What are parenteral contact (i.e., piercing of the skin or of a mucous membrane) and absorption (i.e., absorbing through a mucous membrane or a break in the skin barrier)?
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These are workplace risk factors for developing musculoskeletal disorders. (3/6)
What are awkward postures, static postures, repetition, exertion of force, tissue compression, and vibration?
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This is what results when a person’s foot or lower leg contacts an obstruction while moving, causing the person to lose their balance.
What are trips?
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This is what you should locate before starting to use any hazardous chemical, but especially when using a corrosive chemical.
What is a place to rinse yourself if needed, like a sink, eyewash station, or emergency shower?
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If you mix bleach and an acidic cleaner (like toilet bowl cleaner), you can create chlorine gas, a dangerous toxic gas. This section of a safety data sheet gives compatibility information so you know what a product cannot be mixed with.
What is Section 7 - Handling and Storage (or Section 10 - Stability and Reactivity)?
These are the three post-exposure steps that must be followed after an exposure event occurs. (3/3)
What are treat the area, report the incident, and seek a post-exposure evaluation?
Since eliminating all ergonomic risk factors is infeasible and impractical, this is our goal when it comes to ergonomic risk factors in the workplace.
What is minimize the frequency, duration, and magnitude of the risk factors and limit the combinations of risk factors?
These are things we can do to help prevent slips, trips and falls for ourselves and others. (2/6+)
What are controlling access to our work area, marking slip and trip hazards, ensuring appropriate lighting, practicing good housekeeping, cleaning up spills and other messes immediately, and wearing appropriate footwear for the environment?
This is the chemical safety golden rule.
What is there should never be a situation where you are using a chemical or are exposed to a chemical, and you don't know what to do to protect yourself and what to do if you've been exposed?
This is where you can find a safety data sheet if you need one. (1/3)
Where is where chemicals are stored (closets), in the Custodial trailer, and online?
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These are the four primary protective measures we use to protect ourselves from bloodborne pathogens (2/4+)
What are universal precautions, personal protective equipment, safe work practices, and the hepatitis B vaccination?
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These are examples of ergonomic control measures we can do to help reduce the likelihood of ergonomic injury. (2/6+)
What are modifying the work environment; using tools or mechanical assist devices; controlling load sizes; modifying our workload; implementing a work rotation; taking stretch and flex breaks; and using proper lifting techniques?
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These are things that can be done to help prevent slips, trips, and falls associated with winter weather.
What are identifying and avoiding problem areas, taking your time and using caution, adjusting your gait, wearing appropriate footwear, utilizing shoe covers or ice cleats, and wiping your feet when entering a building?
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