1. Safety Notes

2. Building Safety
Tornado: Go to floor below our classroom, sit in hallway
Fire: Exit door of G171, Go Right, take stairs down, take left, leave building, stand by sand volley ball courts.
Lock Down: Get out of view of window in door, sit quietly on the floor

3. Classroom Safety
If you cut yourself, see the instructor, we need to know.
No eating in the lab area unless instructed to do so.
If you break it, you pay for it and you clean it up
Eye Wash: irritants that need removing from your eyes
Chemical shower: For spills of irritating chemicals on one’s body..emergency only…
never been used since I have been here.
Fire extinguisher: If you know how to use one, and you feel like you can handle the situation, use it; if not leave the room and shut door behind you.
Fire blanket: for smothering fires and warming possible shock victims

4. Classroom cont. Respect : People, places and things---- Mutual
If you used it, put it back….leave it better than you found it.
Accidents will happen, Negligence is not tolerable. Do not fool around

5. Lab Safety
Goggles always on when fire or irritating chemicals are used at lab station
No food, No tasting
Hot glass looks like cold glass.
Waft when smelling something
Wipe down lab table with a wet paper towel, then use a dry paper towel

6. Bunsen burner Safety

7. Con’t. Hottest flame is when air vent is open.
Coolest flame is when air vent is closed

8. Turning off Burner Turn off at gas source
Valve should be at 90 degrees left or right of where rubber tubing is attached
Never turn off at burner itself

9. Lighting the burner
Make sure needle valve is turned in past the rubber “O” ring.
Bring match flame below top of the barrel, gas may blow out the lit match
Gas valve should be parallel to rubber hose attachment
Goggles ON!!!!!!!

10. Bunsen con’t. Watch for long hair Watch for loose sleeves
Point heated test tube or glassware away from others at your table
Check rubber hose for rotting or deterioration
Dispose of matches in garbage after cooling, Sinks are not for matches!

11. Shower and Eye Wash
Shower is used in case of a chemical spill that is large. Dilute the concentration
Eye wash is used to rinse out eyes if some irritant somehow gets in them.