Laboratory student safety program

Given several rounds of discussion, the LSC unanimously agreed to support a Laboratory Student Safety Program, provided the LSC adopt the approach summarized in Table II. One key item to note is that the LSC Chair pointedly used very few... 

Current Status of OU s Laboratory Student Safety Program... 

Based on the information received and analyzed thus far, the Office of EH S shall offer the laboratory student safety lecture outline (found in Table VII), or its corresponding lecture, to future laboratory instructors upon request. Moreover, EH S has indefinite plans to use the results of the Laboratory Student Safety Instruction Evaluations in order to objectively analyze/interpret the student responses (and make corresponding recommendations to Department), improve the evaluation forms themselves (so as to ease and make more congruous the analysis thereof), and evaluate and modify on an on-going basis the Laboratory Student Safety Program. 

Oakland University Laboratory Safety Committee. 1995. Oakland University Laboratory Student Safety Program (LSSP). Guidance manual developed for academic/research laboratory instructors, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 

Direct responsibility for the management of a chemical laboratory safety program typically rests with the chemical safety officer (CSO) and a laboratory manager. In coursework, laboratory instructors carry direct responsibility for actions taken by students. Instructors are responsible for promoting a culture of safety and for teaching the skills that students and other workers need if they are to handle chemicals safely. 

Some safety programs require documentation of safety training for students taking laboratory courses. If the course curriculum material shows that safety topics are included in the laboratory, and the student pre-lab reports referred to above are retained, the need for documentation may be satisfied. 

The Chemistry Matter and Change program uses safety symbols to alert you and your students to possible laboratory hazards. These symbols are provided in the student text inside the front cover and are explained below. Be sure your students understand each symbol before they begin an activity that displays a symbol. 

The protection of health and maintenance of safety constitute a moral obligation shared by everyone. Federal, state, and local laws and regulations make safety a legal requirement and an economic necessity as well. Laboratory safety, therefore, is not a purely voluntary function it requires mandatory safety rules and programs and a commitment to them. A sound safety organization that is respected by all requires the wholehearted participation of laboratory administrators, employees, and students. 

---