Quiz1 – IESL Safety Site

Should be stored together; they are compatible

Should be stored together or separately depending on their chemical nature

Should be stored together or separately depending on what MSDS says

Should be stored as far away as possible: acids in one place, bases at another

Correct! Wrong!

Special gloves, goggles and apron

Usual latex gloves

Bare hands are OK

Usual nitrile (blue) gloves

Correct! Wrong!

Every lab must be equipped with fire extinguishers

Any fire extinguisher can be used for any kind of fire

Fire extinguishers have an expiration date

Lab users should know where fire extinguishers are

Correct! Wrong!

Are forbidden in the lab

Should not be used back-to-back (one plugged into the other)

Must be used back-to-back

Are OK to use back-back if they have a long cable

Correct! Wrong!

We tell them it a dangerous way to transport the cylinder and offer to show how to do it properly

We knock him over to demonstrate how dangerous this is

We point out how bad that is for his/her back

We call for help

Correct! Wrong!

Are not required to introduce new lab members to lab safety practices

May talk to lab users about safety if they want

Are not responsible for lab safety at all

Are required to introduce new lab members to lab safety practices

Correct! Wrong!

Always well below eye level

Always above eye level

Always right at eye level

Sometimes above and sometimes below eye level

Correct! Wrong!

Regular trash bin (with their cap on to avoid injuring cleaning personnel)

Recycling; metal is too precious to be wasted

“Sharps” (yellow) trash bin or “solid waste” barrel if no “sharps” bin exists

Must check MSDS

Correct! Wrong!