# Presentation: 201166

## Annual Refresher Training

**Emergency Response**

## Fire

- Fire is the most potentially devastating emergency in the modern laboratory
- Use the smallest quantities of flammable solvents practicable
- Store stock quantities in flammable storage cabinets
- Separate flammable solvents from sources of ignition/ bunsen burner

## Clothing Fire

**A co-worker in your lab has just spilled ethanol.  The spill has burst into flame and his clothing has caught fire**
- Put out the fire: Drop and roll; roll around on the floor to smother the flames
- Chill burn with cold water
- Seek medical attention, and report the incident to your supervisor

## Lab Bench Fire

**A flammable liquid has just spilled onto the bench and has caught fire**
- Alert people in the laboratory and activate alarm

## Lab Bench Fire, continue

- Smother fire or use correct fire extinguisher (only those who have been trained can use the extinguisher)
- For wood, paper, cloth, & trash
- For gasoline, grease, oil, paint, and flam. liquids
- For live electrical equipment

## Lab Bench Fire, continue

## Lab Bench Fire, continue

- Stay on exit side of the fire
- Report the incident to your supervisor

## Major Lab Fire

**Follow these immediate procedures in case of major lab fire:**
- Alert people to evacuate the area
- Activate nearest fire alarm or call for emergency response
- Close lab doors to confine fire
- Have person who is knowledgeable about the lab and incident ready to assist emergency personnel

## Eye Splash

**Working quickly, you flicked open an Eppendorf tube and several droplets of phenol hit your eye**
- Immediately rinse eyeball and inner surface for 15 minutes
- Forcibly hold eye open to insure effective wash behind eyelids
- Obtain medical attention
- Report the incident to your supervisor

## Chemical Spill

**A colleague has just spilled acid on his clothes.**
- Flood exposed area with running water from faucet or safety shower for at least 5 minutes
- Remove contaminated clothing at once
- Make sure chemical has not accumulated in shoes
- Obtain medical attention, and report the incident to supervisor

## Chemical Spill

**You dropped 250 mL bottle of ammonium hydroxide on the floor.**
- Alert others of the spill
- Locate the spill kit in the hallway
- Put on the Personal Protective Equipment
- Neutralize it with bicarbonate
- Collect residue into plastic bag, secure it, and label it a hazardous waste.

## Radiation Spill

**You’ve just spilled radioactive material on your lab coat and arm**
- Remove contaminated clothing
- Rinse exposed area thoroughly with soap and water
- Obtain medical attention if necessary
- Report the incident to your supervisor

## Electrical Outage

**If working with chemicals under the fume hood**
- Cap the container
- Close the hood sash
- Contact person directing work in the laboratory
- Exit building
- Meet at designated evacuation spot – parking lot behind the facility

## Security Threats

- Identification cards must be worn at all times and visible to all personnel
- If you observe someone committing a crime, DO NOT attempt to apprehend or detain the suspect. Try to memorize the physical appearance of the suspect and call 5-111 (Cornell police) or 911

## Security threats, cont. 

**Non-emergency situations **
- Call Cornell campus police at 5-1111
- Call Bill Shaben at 5-1065 or his cell phone at (607) 280-1506
**Emergency situation **
- Call 911
- Call Bill Shaben at 5-1065 or his cell phone at (607) 280-1506

## Our records are good, let’s keep it that way

## All Done!

- Make sure you fill out the quiz, sign it, and drop it off in my mailbox for record keeping.
- Remember:  This is an annual requirement.
-                **SEE YOU NEXT YEAR**

## Any Questions?

- Contact:  Kathie Moh
- 	255-8849
-               	kcm25@cornell.edu