Laboratory and Shop Safety in Schools

Hands-on rooms made safe for staff and students, following the invented Riverbend Public Schools in Minnesota: science lab layout, fume hoods and emergency equipment, chemical inventory, compatibility storage and the OSHA Laboratory standard, experiments and demonstrations including the flash fire hazard of flammable liquids, biological materials and dissection, machine guarding, student sign-off and lockout in career and technical education shops, wood dust, noise, 3D printers and laser cutters, welding, automotive and construction technology, art rooms and kilns, family and consumer sciences kitchens and allergens, chemical waste, spills and incident response, and teaching and supervising safe practices with a yearly check of every specialized room.

HSE-361 12 lessons · 4 h 3 min

Offered by HSM University · Safety Training

This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.

What you'll learn

Explain why labs, shops, art rooms and food rooms carry higher risks than ordinary classrooms, and check any specialized room against the room, the equipment, the people and the procedures.
Evaluate a science lab's layout, ventilation, fume hood and emergency equipment, including eyewash stations, safety showers, shut-offs and fire equipment.
Keep a chemical inventory, store chemicals by compatibility, manage chemicals that become more dangerous with age, and plan a yearly clear-out.
Carry out a hazard review for experiments and demonstrations, and explain how flash fires with flammable liquids happen and how to prevent them.
Handle preserved specimens, sharps, microorganisms, classroom animals and biological waste safely.
Apply machine guarding, safe operating rules, student training and sign-off, and lockout in technology shops.
Control wood dust, noise, fumes from 3D printers and laser cutters, finishes and housekeeping hazards in shops.
Control the hazards of welding, grinding, automotive work and construction technology projects.
Set up and run art rooms safely, including kilns, clay and silica dust, glazes, solvents, spray products and printmaking.
Prevent burns, cuts, fires, slips and foodborne illness in food rooms, and manage food allergens.
Manage chemical waste, respond to spills and exposures, and report and investigate incidents in specialized rooms under Minnesota requirements.
Teach and supervise safe practices, plan for substitutes and other users, and build a yearly safety check of a school's specialized rooms.

Course content

12 lessons · 4 h 3 min total · final exam

1 Labs, shops, studios and kitchens: why specialized rooms need special care 20 min · quiz
2 The science lab: layout, ventilation and emergency equipment 21 min · quiz
3 Chemical inventory, storage and clearing out old stock 21 min · quiz
4 Experiments and demonstrations: planning, flames and flammable liquids 20 min · quiz
5 Biological materials, dissection and living things in the classroom 20 min · quiz
6 Technology shops: machine guarding, safe operation and lockout 20 min · quiz
7 Wood dust, noise, fumes from 3D printers and laser cutters, and shop housekeeping 20 min · quiz
8 Welding, metalwork, automotive and construction technology 20 min · quiz
9 Art rooms: kilns, clay, glazes, solvents and printmaking 21 min · quiz
10 Food rooms and school kitchens: burns, knives, gas, allergens and hygiene 20 min · quiz
11 Chemical waste, spills and responding to incidents 20 min · quiz
12 Teaching safe practices: rules, safety contracts, supervision and the yearly room check 20 min · quiz
E Final exam 20 questions

Requirements

HSE-360 School Safety Essentials for Staff

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.