Debbie,
At UCLA all incoming Chemistry graduate students take a live course on Safety in Chemical Research. It is 1.5 hours once a week for ten weeks. The content is below.
Craig
Safety in Chemical Research
Safety principles, Safety terminology, Regulatory organizations, Types of hazards encountered in research laboratories
Worker right to know laws, Legal responsibilities, Emergency procedures, Safety inspections, Cal/OSHA
Administrative safety controls, Engineering safety controls
Avoiding chemical exposures, Chemical transfers, PPE limitations, Handling carcinogens, pyrophorics, and potential explosives
Chemical inventory and storage requirements
Handling inorganic chemicals, Understanding incompatible chemicals, Glassware safety
Addressing chemical spills and Fires, Processing hazardous waste, Chemical distillations and solvent stills, Peroxides
High and low pressure hazards, High and low temperature hazards
Gases, gas cylinders, valves, and pressure regulators, Physical hazards, Sharps
Electrical safety, Magnet safety
Laser safety, UV & high intensity lamps,
Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, Emergency response, Safety planning
Laboratory Emergency First Aid: Chemical burns, Cryogenic burns, Electrical burns, Fire burns, Laser burns, Chemical exposures, Lacerations, Objects in eye, Shock, Seizures, Choking,
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> on behalf of Debbie Decker <debbie.m.decker**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
To: <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Graduate student Safety course
Who has been able to include a safety course for graduate students at their institution?
Required? Hands-on? How much time/units?
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