Laboratory Safety Review

Safety Scenarios Directions:  Look carefully at the different scenarios. Are there safety violations taking place?  Read the questions then look at the picture in order to identify the dangers you see.  Then, tell what these students should do to stay safe.  

1.  List 2 unsafe activities depicted in this illustration and explain how they should be altered to make them safe.

  2.  What piece of safety equipment should be used to put out the fire?

1.   How should Rick correct his technique?

2.    Are these students behaving appropriately? If not, what should they be doing differently?

1.  Compare Evelyn’s technique with Kwan’s technique.

 2.  Whose technique is the correct one?  

1.  Identify 3 unsafe activities shown here.

2.  Explain alternate procedures for each activity you identify.

1.  Describe Jarvis’ error. Who in this scenario is performing a correct procedure?

2. Identify 2 unsafe activities shown here.  

1. What is unsafe about Ernie’s behavior?

2.  Why is Lydia’s behavior appropriate? Why is it important in a laboratory setting?