My Safety Story!

Becky was in the science lab working on an experiment that was heating a solution in an Erlenmeyer flask held with a ring clamp on a ring stand over a Bunsen burner. When the solution began to boil, she grabbed her beaker tongs to pick up the flask. But as she was taking it off the flame, she caught her sleeve on fire. She was in so much shock that she dropped flask and ran to the other side of the class and bundled herself up in the fire blanket like she was a burrito. But on her way, there she accidentally bumped over Patrice’s flask spilling it on to herself. But unfortunately, today was the first time she had ever forgotten to wear safety goggles. She walked over to the eye wash station at the front of the class. After Becky had all the fire out, she went over to room 201 to use the emergency shower to all the chemicals off her legs. Becky went back to her station to clean up her broken flask. She swept all the pieces into a dust pan and put it in the broken glass bin. Becky didn’t want to be late for her next class, so instead of telling the teacher that she hadn’t fully cleaned up the mess, she left. The next class did not know that there was still a mess on the ground they were walking on and destroyed their shoes from the corrosion.

 

Becky’s sleeve was flammable.

Definition: Easily set on fire.

The solution was corrosive.
Definition: Having the quality of corroding or eating away.

 

Fume Hood: Go out the room and take a right to room 201

Emergency Shower: Go out the room and take a right to room 201

Fire Alarm Pull: Go out the room and take left. Head to the stairs beside 209. The lever will be on the left side of the door way.