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Learn essential lab safety guidelines to prevent accidents and ensure a safe learning environment. Follow proper procedures for handling equipment, chemicals, and animals. Stay vigilant and responsible to protect yourself and others.
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General Safety Guidelines • Be Responsible at All Times. No horseplay, practical jokes, pranks, etc. • Follow your teachers instructions carefully. • Do not touch the lab equipment until instructed to do so. • Food, drink, and gum are not allowed in the science lab. Lab Safety: Everyone Is Responsible!
General Safety Guidelines • Keep the science room clean and organized (This will help prevent accidents). • Notify the teacher immediately of any accidents or unsafe conditions in the science classroom! • Keep your hands and other materials away from you face. • Wash your hands with soap and water after experiments. (Why?? You could still a have chemical on your hands.).
Wear shoes that completely cover your feet. No opened toed shoes. • No dangling jewelry. • Wear a lab apron when working with chemicals or substances that can stain or cause injury.
Safety Symbols Eye Protection - Wearing safety goggles is the number one safety procedure. • Wear safety goggles when working with chemicals, flames, or heating devices. • If a chemical gets in your eyes, flush with water for 15 minutes and notify the teacher.
Safety Symbols • When using knives or other sharp objects always walk with the points facing down. • Cut away from fingers and body. Sharp Objects
Safety Symbols Electrical Safety • Do not place a cord where someone can trip over it. • Never use electricity around water. • Unplug all equipment before leaving the room.
Safety Symbols Animal Safety • Only handle living organisms with teacher permission. • Always treat living organisms humanely. • Wash your hands after handling animals.
Safety Symbols Heating Safety • Tie back hair and loose clothes when working with open flames. • Never look into a container as you are heating it. • Heated metal and glass looks cool, use tongs or gloves before handling. • Never leave a heat source unattended. • Always heat things slowly and keep test tubes/flasks pointed away from you and others.
Heating Safety using a Bunsen Burner. • When lighting a Bunsen burner, light your match or igniter, hold it directly over the Bunsen burner then turn on the gas.
Safety Symbols Chemical Safety • Read all labels twice before removing a chemical from the container. • Never touch, taste, or smell a chemical unless instructed by the teacher. When you are instructed to smell a chemical, waft it. • Transfer chemicals carefully!
Chemical Safety Continued • Never mix two unknown chemicals. • Do not use substances that are not labeled. • When mixing acids and water, always add the acid last!
Safety Symbols Hand Safety • If a chemical spills on your skin, notify the teacher and rinse with water for 15 minutes. • Carry glassware carefully. • Tell your teacher of broken glass and do not pick it up with your hands.
