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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (15 articles)
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 7:50:30 AM
Author: DCHAS Membership Chair <membership**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG> 		Next by Date:
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Hygiene Plan
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:13:42 +0000
Author: Pam

From: "Stuart, Ralph" <Ralph.Stuart**At_Symbol_Here**KEENE.EDU>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Fire blankets training?
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:42:52 +0000
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Message-ID: 8147D41D-CF4C-4E89-AD2E-D3CAF09B7091**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu


I am preparing a lab emergency response training for our summer undergraduate research students. Two questions have arisen in this process:

1. I wonder what the current best practice is with regard to fire blankets in labs? I believe that using a safety shower or the "Stop, Drop and Roll" response to a person on fire is preferred to using a fire blanket on a person. However, would a handy fire blanket be a better suppression system than a fire extinguisher for incipient fires, if occupants are not likely to have fire extinguisher training? It seems like grabbing a fire blanket and throwing it on the fire is a simpler process than using a fire extinguisher.

2. According to the archives at ilpi.com, the last time we discussed first aid kits on the list was about 2015. Am I correct that the primary goal of a lab first aid kit (given no chemicals which require exotic first aid) is to control bleeding?

Thanks for any thoughts on these questions.

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
603 358-2859

ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu

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