Today I want to vent about lab safety.
I've been working in labs for 8 years so far, from sample reception to asbestos testing and eventually manager roles and I thought I'd list a few of the most notable health and safety incidents that have occurred both while I've been working and told to me by other people I've worked with.
Crocs are not appropriate for use in a laboratory setting, especially in areas that use aqua regia.
You should not take your shoes off in the lab to rest your feet on the workbench next to the GCMS.
Don't dry your socks in the bacterial incubator.
Please do not climb a pile of stacked cool boxes because you saw a rat.
H2SO4 (Sulfuric acid) should be handled with care, do not wipe your face with your gloves on after handling.
Please do not mix H2SO4 with water, cap the quickly heating mixture, then shake it next to your face.
Don't mix a cyanide compound with acid, it forms hydrogen cyanide which is volatile.
Do not attempt to pretend to cut yourself with a knife, you will cut yourself with a knife.
Don't put your pinkie finger in the cap crimper, it will crimp your finger.
Do not remove a piece of concrete from a fume cabinet to smash it on the floor with a hammer if that concrete is in the lab for asbestos testing.
No matter how cool your secret santa present is, don't fire a crossbow in the lab.
Make sure that TOC crucibles (at 550c) are held in the pincers firmly, or they will set fire to your lab coat when they bounce into your pocket.
Don't order pet cockroaches to the lab or sample reception will freak out.
Do not sit on the delivery trollies and race around the lab on them.
When servicing a fume cupboard, don't remove your safety glasses to get a better look when there are winchesters of acid kept inside.
Do not wear your lab coat in the canteen especially when you work with raw sewage.
I'm sure I'll think of more later, but this is a few of them.
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