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Laboratory Standards · Behavior Standards
MRS.
HERINGTON’S LABORATORY RULES Your
signed safety contract means that you will always abide by these rules!
1. Report all accidents, regardless of how minor, to your teacher.
2. Work in the lab only when the teacher is present or when you have permission to do so.
3. Never indulge in horseplay or behavior that could lead to injury of others.
4. Before beginning work in lab, clean the lab bench top and your glassware if it looks dirty.
5. Use goggles and lab aprons when instructed to do so.
6. Due to the dangers of broken glass and corrosive liquid spills in the lab, open sandals or bare feet are not permitted in the lab. (You will be given at least one day’s notice of when a "closed shoes" lab is occurring.)
7. Learn the location and proper usage of the eyewash fountain, fire extinguisher, safety shower, fire alarm box, office intercom button, evacuation routes, clean-up brush and dust pan, glass/chemical disposal can.
8. For minor skin burns, immediately plunge the burned area into cold water and notify the teacher.
9. If you get any chemical in your eye, immediately wash the eye with the eye-wash fountain and notify the teacher.
10. Never look directly into a test tube. View the contents from the side.
11. Never smell a material in a test tube or flask directly. Instead, with your hand, "fan" some of the fumes to your nose carefully.
12. Immediately notify the teacher of any chemical spill and clean up the spill as directed.
13. Never take chemical stock bottles to the lab benches.
14. Use equipment only as directed:
- never place chemicals directly on the pan balances.
- be cautious of glassware that has been heated.
- point test tubes that are being heated away from you and others.
15. Never taste any material in the lab
16. Food, drink and gum are prohibited in lab.
17. Read the label on chemical bottles at least twice before using the chemical. Many chemicals have names that are easily confused.
18. Return all lab materials and equipment to their proper places after use.
19. Upon completion of work, wash and dry all equipment, your lab bench and your clean-up area.
20. Be involved. Each group member should be watching and participating in the lab activity, taking turns to use equipment and record results.
21. Make sure that YOU have a copy of all results before you leave the lab – do not rely on your partner!
SANCTIONS:
If you break any of the lab rules you can expect that there will be consequences:
First offense:
- Detention, where you will write out the lab. rules
Second offense:
- Detention, where you will write out lab rules.
- Phone call or email to parent/guardian explaining that you are in danger of banning from all lab work.
Third offense: (Three strike rule!)
- Referral
- Another phone call or email to parent explaining that you are banned from participation in all lab work.
- You will still be expected to turn in lab reports, but you will not physically participate in any lab activities.
HOPEFULLY, NO-ONE WILL BE IN THE POSITION OF "THREE STRIKES"!
JUST BE SENSIBLE AT ALL TIMES AND EVERYONE WILL BE SAFE.
SOME INTERNET SAFETY SITES…
http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/clab.htm A detailed list of safety instructions from an Oklahoma High School.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1993/student.html A student safety checklist.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/safety/Rules.htm Safety rules from Utah State Science Faculty