Lab Safety Training
Oregon State University is committed to providing a safe laboratory environment for its researchers, faculty, staff, students and visitors. The goal of this introduction to laboratory safety is to minimize the risk of injury or illness to laboratory workers by promoting awareness of the potential hazards and how to mitigate them. Safe practice by laboratory workers requires continuing attention, training, and education.
The modules below provide only initial training on the key components of lab safety. Lab workers may need to complete additional training based on regulations for the materials and procedures in use by the lab. Environmental Health and Safety provides training and resources for a variety of laboratory safety issues, including radiation safety, chemical safety and biological safety.
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Outline of training material (pdf, 320kb)
Powerpoint Slides-handout (pdf, 128slides on 22 pgs, 3.8mb)
Upon completion of the modules, submit the acknowledgement of training form.
Modules 1 and 2: Program Overview and Safety Concepts (37 minutes)
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Module 1 Program Overview
Module 2 Safety Concepts
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Modules 3 and 4: Safety Equipment and Supplies (29 minutes)
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Module 3 Safety Equipment and Supplies
Module 4 Best Work Practices
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Modules 5 and 6: Chemical Use and Hazardous Waste (19 minutes)
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Module 5 Chemical Use
Module 6 Hazardous Waste
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Modules 7 and 8: Emergency Response and Additional Information (12 minutes)
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Module 7 Emergency Response
Module 8 Additional Info
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Supplemental video: "Experimenting with Danger". This external link will take you to a 24min video by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB). This documentary provides an overview of challenges in laboratory safety at research universities, and includes review of fatalities at research labs at UCLA and Dartmouth and a lab explosion at Texas Tech University.