Most lab \"accidents\" occur because people fail to adequately assess the risks

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Most lab "accidents" occur because people fail to adequately assess the risks involved, or they don't take sufficient time and effort to minimize the hazards. As examples: They leave the lab cluttered (poor housekeeping). They "forget" to put on their safety glasses. They pull on a pair of thin, disposable nitrile gloves and assume they are now immune to the toxic effects of every hazardous chemical on the planet. They didn't realize that if two valves get opened in the wrong order (e.g., valve "B" gets opened BEFORE valve "A", or vice-versa) that the resulting mixture will explode. They didn't know that a particular chemical is quite stable at standard temperature and pressure, but that it polymerizes explosively at elevated temperatures or pressures. (I could go on, but I think you get the idea.) Here's the question:

1) Given all of the undesirable things that could reasonably and foreseeably happen in a chemistry lab, what SPECIFIC things will you do so that your lab experience at your university (and/or your future job) is safer for yourself and those who work near you?

Explanation / Answer

Following points need to be done to avoid undesirable hazards:

1) Lab cleaning should be mad must for all the labmates before they leave the lab.

2) Someone from the lab should be made as "SAFETY OFFICER" to take care of the safety issues.

3) All accidents, breakage nd injuries should be reported to the instructor immediately.

4) INSTRUCTIONS to operate each instrument should be fixed near to the instruments.

5) MSDS of each elements should be kept in the lab as a book.

6) Sensible clothing must be strict in the lab such as wearing of closed footwear, tying of long hair etc.

7) Eating or drinking in the lab must be prohibited.

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