You will learn to identify and manage common laboratory hazards, many of which you may never have considered. Topics include: chemical and biological hazards, electrical, emergency preparedness, fire control, handling glassware, hazardous material storage, hazardous waste management, legal aspects, OSHA Lab Standard, safety program planning, personal protective equipment, and ventilation.

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Learn lab safety and effective lab safety techniques & procedures
• Gain an overview of laboratory hazards
• Learn how to apply regulatory requirements and preventive measures
• Identify and manage common chemical, biological and electrical laboratory
• Be familiar with emergency preparedness and fire control techniques
• Learn about handling glassware and hazardous material storage
• Gain insight in hazardous waste management
• Understand OSHA Lab Standards
• Learn about safety program planning
• Learn how to apply personal protective equipment (PPE)

Lab Managers, Technicians & Personnel, Supervisors, Environmental, Health & Safety Personnel & Professionals, Chemical Engineers & Technicians, Researchers, Risk Managers, Operations Managers, those responsible for ensuring that the lab is in compliance with EPA and local hazardous waste regulations Environmental, Line Managers who have been assigned responsibilities of safety management system & in training employees in safety rules

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include:
• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Module One:

• Definitions
• Chemical Laboratory
  • Laboratory Building
  • Planning to Work in the Laboratory
  • Laboratory in Operation
  • Job Responsibilities
  • Laboratory Housekeeping
  • Basic laboratory technique
• Safety Responsibilities
• Health and Safety Principles
• Laboratory Safety Orientation
• Laboratory and Safety rules
• Laboratory Safety Equipment
• Safe Lab Environment‎
• Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
• Safety handling at laboratory
• Handling samples in Laboratory
• Handling Chemicals in Laboratory
• Handling Glassware and Equipment in Laborator

Module Two:

• Handling samples, chemicals, glassware and equipment in Laboratory
• Safe work practices and procedures
• Storage in Laboratory
• Laboratory Ventilation and Fume Hoods
• Safety Requirement
• Hazard Identification and Controls
  • Fire hazards
  • Toxicity hazard
  • Corrosive hazard
  • Chemical reactivity hazard
• Types of Laboratory waste
  • Samples waste
  • Chemical waste
  • Radioactive waste
  • Biological waste
  • Sharps and Broken glassware
• Collection different type of waste
• Chemical waste disposal
• Identification and dealing with unknown chemicals
• Chemicals Spill Response
• Wastes requiring special processing
  • Compressed gas containers
  • Water-reactive chemicals
  • Shock-sensitive compounds
  • Peroxide-forming chemicals
  • Unknowns
  • Explosive chemicals handling
• Recycling of chemical waste materials

Module Three:

• Hazard waste management
• General waste disposal
  • Hazardous waste disposal policy
  • Basic procedures
  • Containers (condition, volumes & sizes, Labeling
  • Disposal of empty containers
  • Storage of hazard waste
  • Bulking or mixing of waste
  • Over packing or boxing up of multiple containers
  • Waste removal request form
  • Hazard identification
  • Hazardous materials program
• Hazard identification
• Hazardous materials program
• Regulatory Requirements
  • Training
  • Labeling
  • Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
• Understanding hazard warning information Symbols
  • Symbols
  • Risk and Safety Statements R/S phrases
• Chemical & hazard labeling
  • Overview
  • Chemical labeling
  • Hazard identification system
  • Warning systems

Module Four:

• International Chemical Safety Cards
• Right-To-Know Wallet Cards RTK Safety NFPA
  • NFPA
  • Chemical safety labeling
• Application of ISO 45001 in Laboratory
• Identification of hazardous chemicals
• Handling gases, chemicals and flam­mable liquids
• Chemical safety labeling
• International Chemical Safety Cards
• Classification of chemicals
  • Solids, liquids, gases
  • Flammable & explosive chemicals
  • Inorganic and organic materials
  • Oxidants and reducing agents.
• Storage of Chemicals
  • Chemicals compatibility
  • Bulk chemical storage facilities
  • Storage of flammable & explosive chemicals
  • Storage of compressed Gas & Cryogenics
  • Specialized storage requirements
  • Common mistakes in chemical storage
• Transportation of Chemicals
• Chemical Hygiene Plan
• Exposure hazards & health effects chemicals
  • Routes of Entry
  • Acute & Chronic Effects
  • Exposure Definitions, Limits & Calculations
  • Health Effects of Chemicals
  • Emergency equipment’s

Module Five:

• General rules & precautions of chemical handling
  • Work practice Controls
  • Basic chemical handling
  • Handling of compressed gas
  • Working alone
  • Standard operating procedures (SOP)
  • Fire precautions
  • Warning notices & security
• Site and work preparation
• Accidents, Incident, and Near miss
• Release of toxic gases
• Levels of protection (Level A, B, C, D)
• First aid; Accidents and medical emergencies
• Fires & Firefighting system
• Flammable Liquids, Compressed Gasses, Cryogenics
• Fire actions
• Types of Fires
• Fires in Laboratory
• Fire Plan (requirements, reactions, explosions, firefighting methods)
• Site emergencies/contingency plan
• Emergency plan
• Emergency response procedures
• Evacuation plan

Exercise: A group discussion of some SDSs of typical chemicals used. Selected participants will be required to read and explain for the others some SDSs and chemicals labels

Case Studies: about handling of chemicals will be available during course to show some common wrong actions & ask the participants to propose the correct safe procedures, Group discussion to show some common wrong actions & ask the participants to propose the correct safe procedures, Group discussion.

A RECTUS attendance certificate will be awarded to all participants who complete at least 80% of the total course duration.