Accident and emergency procedures

Regrettably accidents are still all too common so it is vital that you know what to do if an accident does occur. You must be familiar with the fire fighting equipment in your lab (fire extinguishers, fire blankets, sand buckets) and you must know the procedures for summoning the fire 

Ask yourself now are you familiar with accident procedures If not you should not be working in the lab. 

Guide to Safe Practices in Chemical Laboratories, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1986. 

The Sigma-Aldrich Library of Chemical Safety Data, 2nd ed., R.E. Lenga Ed., Sigma-Aldrich Corp., Milwaukee, 1987. 

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