My fictional story is about an Individual who was playing chicken around a live experiment.
Hi, I’m Florian Falkènvägen, & this my story of a science incident that happened back in grade 9. My teacher at the time was Mr. Brown, we were doing an elephant toothpaste experiment, of course at the time I had problems with getting distracted easily, I pulled out my earbuds & played Kraftwerk’s Techno Pop while Mr. Brown was teaching a very critical aspect of the experiment which was the dangers of elephant toothpaste, obviously I was distracted. Now the experiment has started, I grab my safety goggles (as I do have common sense) we start mixing the last bit of chemicals & we are at the last stage, I got to pour the chemicals together, not knowing that elephant toothpaste can get very hot. My head was recklessly right above the large flask as I pour the last bits of the ingredients from the beaker, then BOOM! The toothpaste shoots onto my face like a rocket from an old Disney cartoon, once the toothpaste dripped off, my face looked like a zombie from Call of Duty. I was rushed to the hospital for 2nd degree burns. After that incident, I payed more attention to future lessons, because if you miss one important part of a lesson, it’ll come back to bite you in the arse.
Corrosive: This WHMIS symbol is used for products that can cause well… corrosion. The hazards that can occur are it attacking & chemically destroying your exposed body tissue.
Explosive: The explosive WHMIS symbol is used for products or material that pose a severe fire or explosion hazard.
The health hazards involved are acute toxicity, skin corrosion or irritation.
Spray cans like spray paint & are a perfect example of when this WHMIS symbol is used.
Yes, paying attention while labs are being explained is crucial. Thanks for your fictional safety story. You communicated your understanding of safety issues in the Science class and included a few pieces of scientific equipment. Don’t forget to include a Science ethical dilemma.