Anyone who is entering a lab/workshop unescorted would be a laboratory user. Laboratory user responsibilities are:
- To be aware of the hazards in the area he or she is around or working with; and handle those hazards in a safe manner;
- Observe environmental, health and safety related signs, posters, warning signals and written directions; • Use personal protective equipment and engineering controls (e.g., fume hood) appropriate to the work;
- Properly label all chemical containers and provide secondary spill containment for all hazardous liquid chemicals;
- Curtail or stop work if the work can possibly pose and imminent danger to health or safety, and immediately notify a supervisor in the chain of authority over the work;
- Warn co-workers about defective equipment and other hazards;
- Be aware of location of safety equipment such as fire extinguishers, eyewashes, safety showers; • Develop good safety practices and habits;
- Undertake operations in accordance with the laboratory/workshop approved procedures;
- Practice good housekeeping;
- Report unsafe conditions to the Principal Investigator, Instructor, Department Safety Officer, Laboratory Safety Coordinator, Chair or Department of Environmental Health and Safety;
- Complete required safety training;
- Be familiar with the Emergency Plan, and the emergency assembly area for their building, and participate in emergency drills; and
- Inform visitors entering his or her laboratory/workshop of potential hazards and appropriate safety rules and precautions