Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory : A Practical Guide

Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory : A Practical Guide

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Book Description
The work of accident prevention in the lab begins with foresight. Discerning "close calls"-near accidents-early enough prevents them from turning into full-fledged mishaps, mishaps that cost time and money, and which could result in injury. Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory is an accident prevention handbook for the professional in the lab that shows how to detect and eliminate the causes of dangerous mishaps-and virtually "hazard proof" any lab environment. In unequivocally clear and practical terms, Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory, Second Edition offers detailed procedures-from precautionary labeling to simulated drills, safety inspections,and the preparation of a chemical hygiene plan-for the development of a safety-enhanced workplace. Reflecting, in part, the upgraded procedures now mandated by the OSHA Laboratory Standard in the USA, as well as the WHMIS regulations in Canada and the COSHH regulations in the United Kingdom, this newest edition offers unparalleled and up-to-date guidance on the fine points of hazard control, with new added material on managing and handling especially hazardous substances and personal protective equipment:

The 95 percent solution: the list of causes of laboratory accidents
Hazard categories: unsafe acts; unsafe conditions
Selecting and maintaining personal protective conditions
Accident handling
Classes of fuels and fires
Preventing and extinguishing fires
Toxic effects of chemicals
Recognition of and treatment for exposure
Chemical specific safety protocol
Storage of lab chemicals
Safe disposal of hazardous waste
Personal protective equipment in the laboratory
Improving hood performance
Designing safety into new or renovated laboratories

A comprehensive, one-volume safety seminar, Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory will provide indispensable guidance to lab supervisors and workers, teachers and students, and anyone involved in the investigation of chemical accidents and injury. In clear language that quickly details the full range of hidden-and avoidable-laboratory hazards, Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory, Second Edition offers the most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-implement lab safety regimen yet available.

The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Changes to this Second Edition reflect the myriad of improvements in the practice of safety in the chemical lab during the last three years. Changes due to the promulgation of the OSHA Laboratory Standard (U.S.), the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (Canada), and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (U.K.) are reflected in this edition. A new chapter on personal protective equipment has been added. Appendices treat the hazards of handling flammable, reactive, corrosive, toxic and physical materials; the precautions that laws and regulations that must be incorporated into lab work; the protection of persons through air monitoring and protective equipment; and the essentials of space design for minimizing laboratory hazards.

Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory : A Practical Guide

Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory: A Practical Guide,Jay A. Young,Wiley-Interscience,0471530360,Chemical Safety,Chemical laboratories,Chemistry - Clinical,Chemistry - Industrial & Technical,General,Industrial Health & Safety,Reference,Safety measures,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Chemistry,Occupational / industrial health & safety,Science / Chemistry / Clinical,Scientific equipment & techniques, laboratory equipment

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