3.082 - Safety

• All students should be familiar with the DMSE Safety Program, and must have passed the Departmental Safety Quiz.

• Students are never to work alone in a laboratory.

• Each time a student team begins a new procedure or begins work in a new laboratory, they must develop a safety plan in coordination with a 3.082 instructor or the laboratory supervisor. When this plan is satisfactory to both the students and the supervisor, both should fill out and sign a DMSE Chemical Hygiene and Safety Briefing Form. A copy should be given to the supervisor, and another placed in the Safety section of the team's 3.082 binder.

• Before working with or purchasing a material, the associated Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) should be obtained, read, discussed with the supervisor, and placed in the team binder. Most MSDS's are available from the web; for instance see this site.