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Laboratory Safety Guidelines

The document provides 15 general laboratory safety rules including following all instructions, no horseplay, reporting any accidents or malfunctioning equipment, dressing appropriately for safety, using protective equipment like goggles appropriately, handling equipment carefully, obtaining permission before unauthorized experiments, being careful of hot apparatus, informing the instructor if a thermometer breaks, having electrical circuits checked before turning on power, turning off current before adjusting circuits, not connecting battery terminals, returning clean equipment, and leaving the lab cleaner.

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Laboratory Safety Guidelines

The document provides 15 general laboratory safety rules including following all instructions, no horseplay, reporting any accidents or malfunctioning equipment, dressing appropriately for safety, using protective equipment like goggles appropriately, handling equipment carefully, obtaining permission before unauthorized experiments, being careful of hot apparatus, informing the instructor if a thermometer breaks, having electrical circuits checked before turning on power, turning off current before adjusting circuits, not connecting battery terminals, returning clean equipment, and leaving the lab cleaner.

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GENERAL GUIDELINES LABORATORY SAFETY RULES 1. Follow directions. Come to laboratory prepared for the experiment.

Follow all written and verbal instructions. When in doubt, ask. 2. Absolutely no horseplay. Be alert and attentive at all times. Act like an adult. 3. Report all accidents, injuries or breakages to the instructor immediately. 4. Also, report any equipment that you suspect is malfunctioning. 5. Dress appropriately. Avoid wearing overly bulky or loose-titting clothing, or dangling jewelry that may become entangled in your apparatus. Pin back long hair, and roll up loose sleeves. 6. Use goggles: a. When heating anything. b. When using any type of projectile. c. When instructed to do so. 7. Use equipment with care for the purpose for which is intended. 8. Do not perform unauthorized experiments. Get the instructors permission before you try something original. 9. Be careful when working with apparatus that may be hot. If you must pick it up, use tongs, a wet paper towel, or other appropriate holder. 10. If a thermometer breaks, inform the instructor immediately. Do not touch either the broken glass or the mercury with your bare skin. 11. Ask the instructor to check all electrical circuits before you turn on the power. 12. When working with electrical circuits, be sure that the current is turned off before making adjustment in the circuit. 13. Do not connect the terminals of a battery or power supply to each other with a wire. Such a wire will become dangerously hot. 14. Return all equipment, clean and in good condition, to the designated location at the end of the laboratory period. 15. Leave the laboratory area cleaner than you found it.

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