Chemistry Safety Booklet

Activity Science Lab Safety (Textbook Page 9)

Create a 3 column table. In column 1, identify 10 unsafe practices. In column 2, list an injury that might occur as a result of each practice. In the third column, suggest a safer way to carry out each procedure.

Textbook Questions Page 11 #1-5

WHMIS

WHMIS, what does it stand for?

________________ __________________ _________________ _________________ _____________

What information does WHMIS provide?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WHMIS Symbols

A chemical container may have _____________________or __________________________symbols.

Safety Hazard Symbol

Each hazard symbol provides two kinds of warnings;

1. ___________________________________– determines whether the hazard is the container or its contents.

2. ____________________________________– explosive, corrosive, flammable, or poisonous, shown by image at the center of the symbol.

Border Shape

Hazards: This symbol means that the;

1. _________________________ can ___________________if it is punctured or heated.

2. product_______________ the container will burn the _____________or ___________ if swallowed and will burn__________________ or ____________________on contact.

3. product will catch on ______________easily if it is near sparks, flames, or even heat.

4. product will cause ________________or _______________if you eat or drink it. For some products, just smelling or licking them is enough to cause serious harm.

Identify the warnings provided by each safety hazard symbol on the WD-40 container

Material Safety Data Sheets ( MSDS)

contains ____________________________ about a substance.

_________________________________________________,

_________________________________________________,

_________________________________________________,

_________________________________________________, __________________________________________________.

whether it is toilet bowl cleaner, film developer, or sweetener, all chemicals have an _________.

Assignments

• WHMIS

• MSDS

• Safety Contract