2YC3 191st Conference
at Mt San Antonio College
Building your Own Laboratory
Safety Video
Mt San Antonio College
Department of Chemistry
Charles Newman
Question:
How do you capture the attention of a
generation that is addicted to reality TV,
texting and fast paced video games?
Students and Lab Safety Videos
• Disconnected
• Unfamiliar laboratory and equipment
• Older Instructor “lecturing” safety
Our Project Goal
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Make a student centered Lab Safety Video
Use a familiar lab environment
Laboratory Safety as part of first day orientation
Keep it moving, fast pace using small bits
Update info and retain the best of the original
Addressing Right to Know and an evacuation plan
Properly handling laboratory waste
Course specific: 2 Videos - Gen Chem & Organic
Meets insurance and risk management requirements
Total Time will be about 12 minutes
Project Objectives
• Get buy-in and final approval to make a video
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Faculty Colleagues
Division Dean
Health and Safety Officer
Risk Management (Insurance)
Utilized Broadcasting Department professionals
Making it fun – a bit of light comedy
Special Projects class (2 units) and 5 students
Write and have faculty approval for the script.
Appropriate Lab Attire
• Retain the best of what has preceded before
• Little has changed over the past three decades in the
areas of lab attire.
• Used very similar language as previous safety videos.
• Brought the content and clothing style up to date.
• Showed actual examples
• We went a bit overboard on shoes.
Emphasis on Safety Goggles
• Safety Glasses
– Impact Resistant
– Incomplete
splash protection
• Safety Goggles
– Splash Protection
– Stylish Glasses
– Fogging
• Contact Lenses
– OK with Goggles
• Glasses with Side
Shields
– Not acceptable
Fit with Stylish glasses
Safety Shower and Eye Wash
• Identify the safety equipment in your own lab.
Eyewashes were different.
• Unfamiliar safety equipment may lead to
unintentional mishaps.
• Students expressed hesitation with rinsing their eyes
with water from a “gross eyewash” or a “gross
hose”. This hesitation could result in further injury.
• The “clicky” old fashion projector background
sounds were added to cover up many of our
unprofessional acting and mistakes.
Bunsen Burna-Phobia
• Many students are fearful about lighting
a Bunsen burner.
• Reassurance with a step by step
instruction for lighting a Bunsen burner
• Eliminating Trip Hazards
• Book bags on the floor
Broken Glass
Star Cracks
Broken Glass
• Broken Glass Bins
– No Glass in the trash!
• Chipped edges and lips of
Glassware
– Test Tubes
– Beakers
– Flasks
• Broken glass is eliminated
Handling Waste
• Handling and managing hazardous waste
• Training and preventing pouring chemicals down
the drain and from mixing chemicals.
Lab Clean-up Instructions
Right to Know
Student and Faculty Feedback
• Students Response is Positive
– Positives
• Fun and not boring
• Student centered
• That’s my lab!
Faculty–Generally Positive
– Positives
• Our laboratories - students identify lab features
• Increased student engagement
– Negatives
• No use of the Safety Shower in first video
• Too much of one faculty
• Not complete, needs more information.
Acknowledgments
• Students
– General Chemistry Safety Video
• Pam Lopez, Suzi Jimenez, Kenneth Palaad,
Genevieve Nguyen, Andrea Louie
– Organic Chemistry Safety Video
• Kenneth Palaad, Suzi Jimenez, Jose de Luna,
Andrew Kochi, Andrea Louie
• Mt SAC Broadcasting Department
• Natural Sciences Division
• Faculty and Staff consultants