Introduction

Training is essential to every employer’s safety and health program for protecting workers from injuries and illnesses, including laboratories.

The laboratory environment can be a hazardous place to work. Laboratory workers are exposed to numerous potential hazards, including chemical, biological, physical and radioactive hazards and musculoskeletal stresses. Because of this, it is essential to take proper precautions, implement safety guidelines, and ensure you are safe while working in the laboratory.

This five-day safety training course focuses on the fundamentals of laboratory safety and will help ensure workers’ safety in the laboratory.

Course Content

The workshop would cover:

• Introduction to Laboratory Safety
• Laboratory Safety Legislation – OSHA, HSE
• The hazards of laboratories;
  • Physical hazards.
  • Chemical hazards
  • Biohazards – blood-borne pathogens
  • Hazards of ionising and non-ionising radiation
  • Fire and explosion hazards
• The control of the associated risks, Hierarchy of Controls
• Toxicology – Exposure Limits
• Hazard Communication – Obtaining safety information – SDS
• Conducting laboratory safety inspections/audits
• Personal protective equipment
• Laboratory Equipment
• Dealing with hazardous waste
• Radiation Safety