ChE 253M Fundamentals Lab
Site-Specific Safety Training
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Safety in Industry
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Please take a few minutes to watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=istAwct5XuI
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Outline Of This Lecture
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Procedures & UT EHS Training & Signage
Chemicals & Material Safety Data Sheets
General and Personal Safety Equip’t (PPE)
Expt-Spec Safety: Liq, Gas, Temperature
Housekeeping, Spills & Waste
More to come
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Emergency Response
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HELP! Get help from TA, Instructor, Students
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Injury Major: Call 911. (Don’t hesitate)
Injury Minor: Student Health Services (SSB)
TA, Instructor goes with injured student.
Report injury to Bldg Mngr or Safety Coord.
(Kevin)
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Equipment: Get Lab Mngr or Bldg Mngr
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Std Operating Procedures (SOP)
SOPs are Lab Guides
Available on
Blackboard website
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Environ Health & Safety Training
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Online Safety Classes
www.utexas.edu/safety/ehs/train/
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Assignment: EHS Online Training
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Due: Week 2 (before first lab).
Take the online class. Screen shot the
“pass” or training record. Upload.
OH101 (Hazard Comm.) , OH201 (Lab
Safety) and OH202 (Chem Waste) Pts: 5/ea.
OH102 (Site-Specific Training Lecture).
Read and sign sheet at experiment.
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Assignment: EHS Online Training
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Due: Week 10 – 15 (not earlier)
Take the online class. Screen shot the
“pass” or training record. Upload.
OH238 (Lab Refresher) Pts: 5
Two additional UT EHS classes of your
choice. Pts: 5/ea Extra.
SAChE Basics of Lab Safety. Pts: 30 Extra.
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Safety Sign at Entry
Long Pants
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Safety Signs in Lab
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Safety Sign for First Responders
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Chemicals & Storage
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You will not be using chemicals in cabinets,
but you should know what’s there.
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Rheometer Cabinet has Viscosity Stds:
Silicone Oil, Polyolefin Oil,
Polyethylene Oxide powders and solutions
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ChemE Car Cabinet has Wastes,
on the way out
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Flammable Cabinet
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Hydraulic Fluid: Mobile DTE 11M (ca. 8 L)
Paint Stripper & Spray Paint
Ethanol (2 L)
Cement for PVC Pipe
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Acid, Misc & Base, Cabinets
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Acid Cabinet: HCl (ca. 0.2 L); Chromic Acid
(0.5 L), in sec. containment (tub)
Misc Cabinet: NaCl; Green Food Color
Base Cabinet: NaOH (1 kg); NaBH4 (25 g)
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1. How to get MSDSs at UT EHS
www.utexas.edu/safety/ehs/msds/
Three links to
MSDS repositories
Click and jump
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2. How to get MSDSs at UT EHS
At a repository…
(registration optional)
Enter search terms
= chemical name
Pick search result
for MSDS
Blue Fluid used in
Liquid Flow Expt
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MSDS
Chemical Name
& Trade Name
Mfg Contacts
Health Hazards
Exposure Routes
Signs & Symptoms
Acute & Chronic
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MSDS
Composition
First Aid
by exposure
Flammable?
Fire Fighting
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MSDS
Spill Response
Safe Handling
and Storage
Personal
Protection
Equip’t
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MSDS
Physical Prop’ys
Reactivity
Toxicology, etc.
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General Safety Equipment
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Two Exit Doors
Two Fire Extinguishers
To Hallway
To Classroom
Grasp Handles
Point Hose
Pull Pin
Squeeze Handles
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General Safety Equip’t
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Eye Wash & Safety Shower
Push Handle
or Step Footpad
Pull Chain
(it doesn’t stop)
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What’s wrong?
Thanks
TexasTech
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Personal Protective Equipment
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Eye Protection = Safety Glasses
Catch Friedman  $5 Charity
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Long Pants.
Close-toed Shoes (not flip flops)
No loose clothing or hair.
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Lab Coats (coming soon)
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About Safety Glasses
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Please take a few minutes to watch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX5aRzXUzJo
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Liquid Flow Expt
Situation
Hazard
Action
Water on Floor
Slip & Fall
Mats
Clean-up
Water + Electrical
Elec. Shock
Equip’t Damage
Caution
Glass Tubing
& Valves
Break + Cut
Caution
Don’t Force
Climbing to
Fill Burette.
Fall
Caution
TA Does This
Water
Food Colors
None
(as chemical)
None
See MSDS
Contain
Blue Fluid
in Manometer
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Compressible Gas Expt
Situation
Hazard
Action
Neighbors
(Liq Flow Expt)
See Liq Flow Expt
(Slip & Fall)
Watch Out!
100 psig Air
Bursting
Tube or Tank
Strong Mat’ls
Steel, Polypro
Air
(as chemical)
None
None
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Temperature Expt
Situation
Hazard
Action
Very Hot Water
& Samples
Skin Burns
Caution
Water on Floor
Slip & Fall
Clean-up
Heated Plate
Burns
Caution
Water + Electrical
Elec. Shock
Equip’t Damage
Caution
Glass
Thermometers
Break + Cut
Caution
Water
(as chemical)
None
None
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Liquid-Gas-Temp Hazards?
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Rheology - DOE Expt
Situation
Hazard
Action
Pressing Plate
Crush
Equip’t Damage
Keep Hands Away
Rotating Plate
Cut. Wind-Up
Equip’t Damage
Keep Away
No Catch-ables
Heated Plate
Burn
Caution
Dilute Poly
Ethylene Oxide
None
None
Ethanol
Flammable
Poison
No Fires, Sparks
Don’t Drink It
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Stat Process Ctrl Expt
Situation
Hazard
Action
Tubing Pump
Burst
Equip’t Damage
Don’t Dead-Head
Rotating Mixer
Wind-Up
Equip’t Damage
Keep Away
No Catch-ables
Bright Light
Eye Damage (?)
Keep Fiber Optics
Assembled
Water on Floor
Slip & Fall
Clean-up
Food Colors
Stain
Caution
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Heat Exch – DData Expt
Situation
Hazard
Action
Hot Piping
and Valves
Burns
Keep Hands Away
Moving Parts
(Ctrl Vlvs)
Crush
Equip’t Damage
Keep Hands Away
Steam
Overheating
City and Chilled
Water on w/ Steam
Water on Floor
(condensation)
Slip & Fall
Clean-up
Blue Fluid
in Manometer
See MSDS
Contain
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Rhoe-SPC-HX Hazards?
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Housekeeping
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Spills and Waste
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Water: OK under floor mats
Elsewhere: Clean it up
Towels to trash, please
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Dil PEO: Excess to waste bottle
Tissues to trash (w/ EtOH)
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Other: Ask TA or Instructor
Spill Kit in Cabinet marked Safety Equip’t
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Don’t...Don’t...Do
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