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02 Sample of How To Write A Safety Consideration in The Pre Lab

The document provides guidance on how to write safety considerations for a pre-lab, including identifying the danger, stating why the chemical or equipment is dangerous, stating what could be damaged or injured from its use, and explaining safety precautions. It includes an example safety consideration for hydrochloric acid and references for finding chemical danger information.

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02 Sample of How To Write A Safety Consideration in The Pre Lab

The document provides guidance on how to write safety considerations for a pre-lab, including identifying the danger, stating why the chemical or equipment is dangerous, stating what could be damaged or injured from its use, and explaining safety precautions. It includes an example safety consideration for hydrochloric acid and references for finding chemical danger information.

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Sample of how to write a Safety Consideration in the Pre-Lab

1) Identify the danger – this will be the name of the chemical used (or produced), or the name of
the equipment being used.
2) State why the chemical/equipment is dangerous.
3) State what could get damaged / injured when using the chemical / equipment
4) Explain what precaution needs to be done in the use of the chemical / equipment
Good Example
This experiment will use Hydrochloric Acid (identify danger). The concentrations in this prac will be dilute;
however, HCl is corrosive (reason why chemical is dangerous). HCl can cause skin irritation (what could get
damaged / injured when using this chemical /equipment). As a safety precaution, you should wear
protective gloves to avoid contact with the skin. (Explanation of the precaution to take).

You need to write THREE Safety Considerations – DO NOT REPEAT dangers and precautions for the other 2
in your pre-lab.
DO NOT INCLUDE - TIEING LONG HAIR BACK, EATING/DRINKING IN THE LAB, CONSUMING CHEMICALS,
RUNNING IN THE LAB, WEARING COVERED SHOES as examples.

Reference to find dangers of chemicals : https://www.chemsupply.com.au/ or


https://chemicalsafety.com/sds-search/

Search the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for information


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