Safety Regulations: Part 1: Rules for Undergraduate Laboratories
- All staff and students working in laboratories share the responsibility for safety.
- ALL Students must have a current WHMIS training.
- Safety glasses or goggles will be worn in all laboratories. Protective clothing will be worn as specified; open shoes are not to be worn; long hair and loose clothing or clothing which exposes the legs must be confined by net, cap or laboratory coat. Contact lenses will not be worn in laboratories.
- Horseplay, pranks and unauthorized experiments are especially dangerous and are prohibited.
- Demonstrators shall know ahead of the laboratory period what experiments are scheduled and be cognizant of the correct working procedures.
- Eating, drinking or smoking are not permitted in any laboratory or in any other place where any substance poisonous by ingestion is exposed.
- Demonstrators will ensure that all persons using a laboratory know where the exits are, the locations of safety showers, eye-baths, fire extinguishers, and what to do if the evacuation alarm (fire alarm bell) rings and be familiar with their operation.
- All supervisory personnel in a lab shall know where the nearest telephone is (emergency or open).
- Chemicals from unlabelled containers are not to be used (except “unknowns” prepared for analysis or other examples provided for some particular purpose). The presence of such unlabelled containers shall be reported to the technician, demonstrator or faculty supervisor.
- All work areas shall be kept clean. Separate containers are to be used for paper and broken glassware.
- All persons shall report accidents promptly to supervisor, demonstrator, instructor or laboratory technician who will supervise first aid and/or arrange for further medical attention. The Safety Officer and/or the Chairman of the Department must also be notified. (This is also essential for the reporting required by Workers’ Compensation Board.) First Aid instructions are posted in laboratories and adjacent corridors. N.B Health Services, CTTC Tel. 6674.
- Visitors to laboratories are required to follow the same rules as staff and students.