Lab Safety

Are you allowed to eat in the lab?

• Yes, all the time

• Only if the materials you are working with are safe

• Only once you have cleaned up

• Never

MSDS stands for

Answer explanation

Material Safety Data Sheet

What is this WHMIS Symbol?

Answer explanation

Fammable

How should we smell things in the lab?

• We don't

• Stick your nose right into the beaker

• Waft it

Answer explanation

Wafting the smell using your hand ensures you don't inhale something that is extremely strong and harmful

What does this represent?

• Flammable

• Oxidizing

• My hair is on fire

• May cause static electricity

What is the WHMIS symbol for corrosive?

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What should you do to any container you put chemicals in?

Answer explanation

Label it

How confident do you feel about lab safety?

• I know nothing

• I know some things

• I could do a lab and follow most rules

• I should be the lab safety instructor