Workplace Safety
Laboratory Hazard Identification
Course description
An essential initial step when performing any laboratory operation is identifying the hazards that you may face. This requires knowing the job well enough to break it into components and accessing all the information and knowledge at your disposal to recognize the hazards you may encounter for each step. This training session focuses on hazard identification.
Course Duration: 40 min
Learning objectives:
At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:- Recognize the importance of hazard identification and its function in the risk assessment process
- List the potential hazards in a laboratory setting
- Use the available sources of information about hazards in the laboratory
- Identify the hazards involved in laboratory operations