For a long time,there has been little emphasis on teaching laboratory safety until the safety precaution, rules and procedure became important criteria for a chemical laboratory to meet safety standards. This enhanced several researchers to publish articles showing the importance of applying the safety rules prior to making any laboratory work and experiments in order to keep mankind safe. By the time, in each research place, hospital laboratory, factory and even military work site, the safety rules were being taught for employees and there became a matter of penalty for people who break these rules. In this chapter, lights are spot on some important safety rules, precautions, and procedures which must be followed by researchers in the laboratory when doing experiments. These include proper clothing such as safety coat, gloves, goggles, mask, and shoes. On the other hand, the paper gives an idea of flammable liquids and their flash points, the types of fire extinguishers, the first aid kits, the eye washing station and shower, the fire blanket and others.This chapter describes the safety precautions and rules for the students, a classification of flammable and combustible liquids, and how to minimize hazards in the lab.

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1. Manna. ‘guideto protection in Chemical Laboratories’, Polytechnic college of Turin, 2016, (Ver four-LM): 1-100. Elizabeth M. Howson. ‘safety in instructional Chemistry Laboratories’, Amer. Chem. Soc., 2017.
2. National Research Council. Prudent practices in the laboratory: handling and management of chemical hazards. Washington (DC): National Academies Press; 2011.
3. National Research Council. Prudent practices in the laboratory: handling and disposal of chemicals. Washington (DC): National Academies Press; 1995.
4. Hill RH Jr, Finster DC. Laboratory safety for chemistry students. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons; 2010.
5. Shah MR. Safety in the chemical laboratory and industry: a practical guide. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2023.
6. Ménard AD, Trant JF. A review and critique of academic lab safety research. Nat Chem. 2020;12:17–25.
7. Bracher P. Safety for beginners. Nat Chem. 2011;3:91.
8. Alonazi MR, Alonazi BE, Maran NA, et al. A review of hazards and precautionary measures in science and technology laboratories. J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol. 2022;29(3):e1–e10.
9. Urben PG, editor. Bretherick’s handbook of reactive chemical hazards. 8th ed. London: Elsevier; 2017.
10. Lewis RJ Sr. Sax’s dangerous properties of industrial materials. 12th ed. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley; 2012.
11. Zubrick JW. The organic chem lab survival manual: a student’s guide to techniques. 10th ed. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley; 2016.

For a long time,there has been little emphasis on teaching laboratory safety until the safety precaution, rules and procedure became important criteria for a chemical laboratory to meet safety standards. This enhanced several researchers to publish articles showing the importance of applying the safety rules prior to making any laboratory work and experiments in order to keep mankind safe. By the time, in each research place, hospital laboratory, factory and even military work site, the safety rules were being taught for employees and there became a matter of penalty for people who break these rules. In this chapter, lights are spot on some important safety rules, precautions, and procedures which must be followed by researchers in the laboratory when doing experiments. These include proper clothing such as safety coat, gloves, goggles, mask, and shoes. On the other hand, the paper gives an idea of flammable liquids and their flash points, the types of fire extinguishers, the first aid kits, the eye washing station and shower, the fire blanket and others.This chapter describes the safety precautions and rules for the students, a classification of flammable and combustible liquids, and how to minimize hazards in the lab.

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1. Manna. ‘guideto protection in Chemical Laboratories’, Polytechnic college of Turin, 2016, (Ver four-LM): 1-100. Elizabeth M. Howson. ‘safety in instructional Chemistry Laboratories’, Amer. Chem. Soc., 2017.
2. National Research Council. Prudent practices in the laboratory: handling and management of chemical hazards. Washington (DC): National Academies Press; 2011.
3. National Research Council. Prudent practices in the laboratory: handling and disposal of chemicals. Washington (DC): National Academies Press; 1995.
4. Hill RH Jr, Finster DC. Laboratory safety for chemistry students. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons; 2010.
5. Shah MR. Safety in the chemical laboratory and industry: a practical guide. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2023.
6. Ménard AD, Trant JF. A review and critique of academic lab safety research. Nat Chem. 2020;12:17–25.
7. Bracher P. Safety for beginners. Nat Chem. 2011;3:91.
8. Alonazi MR, Alonazi BE, Maran NA, et al. A review of hazards and precautionary measures in science and technology laboratories. J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol. 2022;29(3):e1–e10.
9. Urben PG, editor. Bretherick’s handbook of reactive chemical hazards. 8th ed. London: Elsevier; 2017.
10. Lewis RJ Sr. Sax’s dangerous properties of industrial materials. 12th ed. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley; 2012.
11. Zubrick JW. The organic chem lab survival manual: a student’s guide to techniques. 10th ed. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley; 2016.