Laboratory Safety: OSHA Laboratory Standard

This online training video on the OSHA Laboratory Standard provides an overview of how employees can be safe while working in the lab. The training explains the OHSA-required chemical hygiene plan for labs, which defines the procedures and equipment needed to protect all laboratory staff.

The video presentation includes an explanation of the health and physical hazards laboratory workers face daily, how to control exposures, basic first aid, and dealing with leaks and spills. Lab workers learn how to use personal protective equipment, laboratory hoods and glassware.

This course gives laboratory workers the confidence they need and the skills to protect themselves from the many hazards common to working in a lab.

   This course is in the Video On Demand format, to read about Video On Demand features click here.

All employees who work in a laboratory

• Introduction
• Definition of a Laboratory
• MSDS
• Container Labels
• Types of Chemicals
• Exposure Controls
• PPE
• Laboratory Hoods
• Using Glassware
• First Aid
• Leaks & Spills
• Other Hazards
• Review

• Laboratory Safety: GHS Safety Data Sheets in Laboratories
• Laboratory Safety: Orientation to Laboratory Safety
• Laboratory Safety: Flammables and Explosives in the Laboratory