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CHEMISTRY SAFETY SEMINAR - CH407/607 Section 010 [CRN 34731/34733] | ||||
| Instructor: Paul Blakemore |
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| This is a 1 credit graded seminar course that will meet each Monday lunchtime (noon-1:00 pm, GILB 324) during Winter term. Commercial chemical safety movies* will be viewed each week with group discussion on chemical safety issues and procedures specific to OSU. The discussion will be prompted by short safety related quizzes. Representatives from OSU's Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Department and local industry will also be invited to speak on issues related to chemical safety in the work place. Your grade for the course will be derived from scores in quizzes (50%) and a final written assignment (50%). | |||||
| *The "Elements of Safety" film series featured in this course is produced by the Laboratory Safety Institute. | |||||
| Schedule for Winter term 09 (subject to change) | |||||
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Jan.
5 |
orientation to laboratory safety: general considerations, use of personal protective equipment, material safety and data sheets (MSDS) introduction to OSU's chemical hygiene plan: http://oregonstate.edu/ehs/chyp/chp.html |
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| Jan.
12 |
guest speaker: Lance Jones (OSU, EH&S) {power-point presentation} laboratory fume hoods: when and why fume hoods are used, how to operate and maintain fume hoods for maximum effectiveness |
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| Jan.
19 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, university holiday - no class | ||||
Jan.
26 |
guest speaker: Lance Jones (OSU, EH&S) {presentations: chemical waste storage, hazardous waste defns., OR-OSHA regs.} Chemical waste: handling/storage and OR-OSHA regulatory requirements. |
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| Feb.
2 |
material safety data sheets (MSDS): reviews the various sections of the msds, what information can be found in each section, and how this information can help employees as they go about their work safety showers and eye washes: correct use of eye wash stations and safety showers |
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Feb.
9 |
flammables and explosives: proper handling procedures and personal protective equipment that should be used when working with flammables and explosives eye and face protection in chemical laboratories |
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| Feb.
16 |
planning for laboratory emergencies: when and how employees should act in an emergency to prevent injury, property damage, or even loss of life preventing contamination: how contamination occurs and the steps that can be taken to prevent its spread |
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Feb.
23 |
guest speaker: TBA... |
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| Mar.
2 |
safe handling of laboratory glassware: types of glassware used in the laboratory, configuring of glassware systems, making proper connections, handling techniques and cleaning/decontamination handling compressed gas cylinders: identifying dangers posed by high pressure gas cylinders, positioning cylinders properly, storage "incompatibilities," fittings/connections |
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Mar.
9 |
guest speaker: Pete Schoonover (OSU, EH&S) tour of EH&S disposal facility |
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| Mar.
13 |
final assignments due in |
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last up-dated 01-26-2009
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