Orientation to Laboratory Safety Video Kit Description
Formats Available: VHS / DVD Languages Available: English / Spanish Video Length: 11 min.
Safety Instruction's "Orientation to Laboratory Safety" Videotape Training Program shows both new employees and "seasoned veterans" the importance of safety in the laboratory as well as reviews the OSHA regulations and good safety practices that apply to laboratory environments. A laboratory can be a dangerous place, and with the daily pressures to get things done employees can be tempted to take shortcuts and ignore safety precautions. And with the increasing complexity of the equipment and procedures involved in experiments, employees need an even greater knowledge of safety practices and procedures than they may have had in the past.
Provides the user with a complete Laboratory Safety Program. The program provides users with the necessary elements needed to comply with 29CFR1910.1450.
Shows both new employees and "seasoned veterans" the importance of safety in the laboratory as well as reviews the OSHA regulations and good safety practices that apply to laboratory environments.
Provides training that is required by this Standard, focusing on the rules and procedures that the Standard establishes for working with this potentially dangerous chemical.
Emphasizes the need for safety when using electricity, and discusses how to reduce the potential for accidents involving electrical shock, fire and explosions.
Reviews the various sections of the MSDS, what information can be found in each section and most importantly, how this information can help employees to work safely in their laboratory.
Emphasizes how to properly use laboratory hoods and how to test them to ensure correct functioning... as well as discusses how hoods can protect an experiment, the facility, and most importantly, the employee.
Discusses the nature of various types of glassware, and the problems it can cause... as well as the need for employees to use and maintain laboratory glassware safely.
