Examples of lab safety rules:
- wearing protective and proper clothing (eg. goggles, gloves, close-toed shoes)
-locating emergency equipment (eg. eyewash station, fire extinguisher, fire blanket)
- not eating or drinking liquids
- handling chemicals properly and following lab procedures
- dispose waste properly and clean up area when finished.
-do not consume any chemicals or substances
- be attentive
There’s a lot more but these are the most common ones.
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These rules are put in place for the learning environment because it ensures the safety of all persons in the lab and prevents any accidents from happening such as injuries and dangers. They also prevent dangers such as cross contamination and explosions from occurring.
A class without lab safety rules would be extremely dangerous and even deadly. People would get injured and many hazardous risks would come up. (like cross contamination, explosions, mentioned above). Injuries like blindness, burns, and cuts can occur. Just imagine a class of 2nd graders with no teacher around. that’s kind of like a lab without safety rules :)
hope that helps!
