Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries preparation

The preparation and use of Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries as described here are consistent with the Chemical Hygiene Plans required for every laboratory under the OSHA Laboratory Standard. Thus, the identification of substances that meet the OSHA criteria for "particularly hazardous substances" or "select carcinogens" should be facilitated by the use of these summaries. 

Preparation of Experiment-Specific Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries from Material Safety Data Sheets for Undergraduate Chemistry Courses... 

OSHA mandated Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) contain important safety information that should be incorporated into undergraduate chemistry instruction. Ho>vever, these documents are not well designed for the academic teaching laboratory. Additionally, there is little or no coverage of MSDSs in chemistry laboratory manuals or textbooks. One approach to the incorporation of this topic this is the introduction of a student exercise that involves the preparation of an experiment-specific laboratory chemical safety summary (LCSS) based on the LCSSs presented in the latest edition of Prudent Practices in the Laboratory (1). These one-page student-prepared summaries use information obtained from MSDSs, but are modified to the actual quantities, concentrations, and procedures used in the experiment. This approach provides beginning chemistry students with appropriate education about MSDSs. 

Background Activities. Before attempting to prepare a Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary related to a specific experiment, the students were introduced to MSDSs by a series of preliminary lecture-laboratory discussions. These are outlined below ... 

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