Chemical Safety
Chemical safety involves the practice of handling chemicals and chemistry processes to minimize danger, injury, and risks. Chemical safety training is essential for understanding the physical and chemical hazards involved. Failure to understand chemical hazards is a liability because it often leads to employee injuries or expensive cleanup. These resources will provide you with tools to help understand chemical safety and create appropriate safety policies and procedures.
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Laboratory Safety Training: What You Need To Know
January 27, 2016
| Appalachian State University
This training presentation covers 15 topics including a chemical hygiene plan, health and safety hazards, the detection of the release or the presence of hazardous chemicals, and hazardous waste procedures.
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Chemical Safety Checklist
January 27, 2016
This chemical safety checklist covers employee training, chemical program management, material safety data sheet management, chemical storage, PPE, compressed gases, and general housekeeping.
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Safety and Health in the Use of Chemicals at Work
January 27, 2016
| International Labour Organization (ILO)
This report for the 2014 celebration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work reviews the current situation regarding the use of chemicals and their impact in workplaces and the environment, including various national, regional, and international efforts to address them.
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Chemical Hazards
January 27, 2016
| Lab Safety Institute
Phenol-chloroform extraction and ethanol precipitation are used to demonstrate the safety principles that apply to working with many of the hazardous chemicals found in the modern biology laboratory. This video will introduce new staff to good laboratory practices and provide a meaningful technical review in safety for the more experienced laboratory worker.
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