Nt1310 Unit 9 Final Paper

The National Safety Council reported in the 2011 injury facts that nine out of then deaths in the United States occurred off the job (NSC, 2011). A large amount of these deaths, nearly 13%, occurred due to poisoning at home. The safety and health principle of safe chemical handling can apply to personal conduct at home because at any given time there are multiple chemicals in households in the kitchen, laundry room and garage. Knowing how to safely handle, use and store these chemicals is a must for any person. Keeping them out of children’s reach and ensuring they are stored in well ventilated, climate controlled environments are every bit as necessary at home as they are in the workplace. Safe chemical handling applies to the workplace is various ways such as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) and measuring exposure levels (Asfahl & Rieske, 2010).

The use of Chemicals in your lab is permitted but we have seen many violations regarding the identification and labeling of chemicals and the location of them scattered around the facility. The means of which regarding the safety of the employees is a priority, and having misconduct and disorganization of chemicals is a big violation and can cause a lot of harm if not met quickly. Also to have all of the chemicals safely stored and labeled for proper

Hazardous materials are defined by OSHA as “any substance to which exposure results or may result in adverse affects on health or safety”. It’s important to be able to identify hazardous material as emergency response personnel in order to properly handle any situation that arises. There are over 2,000+ hazardous materials, all separated into 9 classes, this system has been put in place to help responders formulate a plan of action. Focusing on class 2 hazardous gasses, their history, and uses.

Thankfully, the Chemistry stockroom locks automatically due to the hazardous chemicals, buying me time to forge a plan. Scouring the room, I grabbed a fire extinguisher as a weapon, a battery- powered radio and an electric

In the midst of a scene, there are signs that suggest there are unsafe chemicals in the zone. Some hazardous materials may convey

*identifying risk of physical/chemical reaction of hazardous chemicals and to ensure the stability of these chemicals

In today’s modern society, as many countries have been developing very fast, the technologies are reaching high standards of level, for example, the high qualities weed killers and the liquid cleaner. However, as the big invention occurring, the more and more mistakes will be going on, because some technologies, such as weed killer and liquid cleaners are chemicals. With no doubt, chemicals are really harmful for human beings. As people all know that, toxic chemicals are used in the industries, which have to be safely covered and provide very serious use instruction, such as wearing long gloves, safety shoes or masks. However, even the chemicals are under several instructions, but people may have made some serious mistakes which caused a

hazard we needed to be careful not to spill any and to wear lab coats

Responsible reactions for a chemical emergency seems less applicable than training and preparedness mechanism which in order to raise the awareness of the public to realise and foresee the danger of hazardous chemicals. Based on the geographical location of Lancaster with a complicated traffic system, it is of great importance to pay more attention on the transportation of hazardous materials. Cheremisinoff (1994) indicates that anyone who engage in the transportation of hazardous materials are force to meet the requirements of specific training, first part of the training is general awareness and familiarization. It is also NCEC’s duty to provide proper training course to people who work in the places chemicals are handled. NCEC (2015) regards training as ‘a stipulated requirement’ in order to guarantee the safe storage, use and transportation of chemicals.

The most important component in dealing with the disposal of hazardous and solid waste is the location of the site itself. I would be extremely picky about where the disposal sites would be. I wouldn’t want them near hospitals, schools, churches or wildlife. It would be a hard process to find a location that would work. You would need multiple locations within every country and the size of the site would be based on the population numbers. I would want an area that is away from people and not near any forest to be my site of choosing. My second biggest component would be making sure the workers who would be dealing with these waste products were properly protected. I would make sure they have the needed equipment, such as suits and education to protect themselves. I would also make sure they undergo regular health screening to ensure they are in good enough health to deal with these products. The site only works if there are people there who are able to care for it. It is important that they are educated on why they are doings things in such a manner so they understand why it is key to follow protocols.

Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) Manager, at a Top Tier COMAH site that develops and manufactures rocket and missile propulsion systems specifically for the defence industry. Supporting and guiding management and departmental staff in all aspects of health and safety proactively and reactively along with mentoring appointed SHE Advisor and also assisting the Safety Process Engineer with all aspects of the COMAH requirements. Introduced auditing tools for both Health & Safety (HSG65 PDCA using the ISO 18001 standard) and Environmental (ISO 14001 standard).

On the Night of December 2, 1984, there was a horrific accident at the Union Carbide Pesticide Chemical Factory in Bhopal, India. The factory produced a chemical called methyl isocyanate (MIC) also know by Union Carbide as “Liquid Dynamite”. It is an organic compound with the molecular formula CH3NCO MIC is a highly reactive intermediate chemical used to manufacture various pesticides. This chemical reacts exothermically with water and produces a poisonous gas that can be fatal. Carbide’s greed for a profit proved to be catastrophic for both Union Carbide and the town of Bhopal. Carbide reduction of the safety features in the factory resulted in the world’s largest industrial disaster in history. Safety features are in place for the safety of the workers, the surrounding area, the environment, and the repetition of the company and its owners and sure always be adhered to.

According to different officials it is said that this was just a sort of transit warehouse, material safety data sheets accompany chemicals, and a good, well-run company will have a list of these material data safety sheets for every single chemical that will be in the facility, even if it 's only there for 12 hours, with the result that when the firefighters have to show up to do a firefighting activity, they

The design of a study considers as a road map/blueprint of a research work. Among the research designs the one which is suitable for the research of investigation of laboratory and chemical safety is a descriptive survey in which the researchers can show current status and constraints that affect the safety laboratory; and how to improve safe and functional chemical laboratory in the institution.

In this paper I will be writing about chemistry and technology. The paper will be on how much chemistry is used in modern technology. The first thing I’m writing about is Sulfur, sulfuric acid. The next thing is Phosphorus, phosphoric acid. The last thing is Nitrogen. Chemistry is more important than I ever imagined it would be.