Formats Available: VHS / DVD Languages Available: English / Spanish (Subtitled) Video Length: 8 min.
Safety Instruction's "Safety Showers and Eye Washes in the Laboratory" Videotape Training Program reviews the correct ways to use this equipment, and emphasizes the need for quick action after a chemical splash or spill in a laboratory. Employees may never need a safety shower or an eye wash... but if they do, knowing where they are located, and the proper procedures for using them, can prevent serious injury or possibly even save a life.
Topics covered in this kit include:
Getting to eye washes and safety showers in an emergency.
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.
