This week is CSHEMA’s Lab Safety Awareness Week! A week “that recognizes the successes of laboratory health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep our faculty, staff, and students safe.”
EH&S is actively participating in and promoting Lab Safety Awareness at USC. And, we’re taking this opportunity to cast a fresh light on the safety controls in the lab.
Participate & Win!
Imagine the following scenario:
You are working in the lab, and suddenly, a hazardous liquid splashes across your face and into your eyes. It stings and your eyes shut immediately. Your safety depends on your next action. In the spirit of this visualization, close your eyes and, without peaking…describe the route you would take to get to the nearest emergency eyewash/shower station in your lab space.
Describe your account here for your chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card. Make sure to include the specific location and path to your lab’s emergency eyewash/station as you record your thoughts.
Lab Safety Awareness Week Focus
One key safety component that every proactive researcher should be aware of is the emergency eye wash/shower station. Take time now to reacquaint yourself with this life-saving equipment by reading our Emergency Eyewash & Shower Activation Fact Sheet (http://tiny.cc/usc-eyewash-shower-gs) and viewing our, ”How to Use the Emergency Eyewash and Safety Shower in a Laboratory at USC” video (https://youtu.be/sDyuawT46Z8).
For information on other safety controls, please visit our website at https://ehs.usc.edu/research/lab/.