EHS Office Video
Library
The following videos are available from the Environmental
Health & Safety Office. To borrow one or more, please
contact the EH&S Office at x7994.
| TITLE |
DESCRIPTION |
AUTHOR |
LENGTH |
| High Impact Eye
Safety |
Dramatic reenactments of work
related eye accidents. Personal accounts of six accident
victims, whose sight was either saved or lost. Also
discusses working with chemicals, preventing lens
fogging, inspection and storage of eyewear. Includes
leaders guide. |
ERI Safety Videos |
19 minutes |
| Hearing Protection,
It Makes Sense |
Hearing Conservation; discusses
effects of noise, prevention, monitoring, audiometric
testing, engineering and administrative controls, PPE and
earplugs, and maintenance and disposal. Includes employee
handbook. |
Coastal |
22 minutes |
| Respiratory
Protection, Another World |
Covers introduction, training,
types of respirators, written program, medical
evaluation, fit-testing, and maintenance and inpection. |
Coastal |
19 minutes |
| Safety in the
Research Laaboratory, Set Three |
Guidance and instruction on how to
control hazards in the lab. Part one covers mammalian
cell culture hazards (8:22 min.). Part two covers x-ray
diffraction hazards (9:27 min.). Part three covers
assessing risks of toxic chemicals (11:12 min.). |
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute |
29 minutes |
| Using Chemical
Hoods-A Laboratory Safety Test |
Video teaches how a hood operates,
why uniform air flow is important, how to tell if a fume
hood is operating properly, how to work safely in a hood,
what to do if a hood in not operating properly, and what
to do if equipment is too big to fit in the hood;
includes instructors guide. |
Louis DiBerardinis,
ACS Laboratory Safety Series |
26 minutes |
| Introduction to
Chemical Laboratory Safety-Safety Laboratory Procedures |
This videotape describes some of
the procedures commonly used in chemistry laboratories.
They concentrate on procedures that are the source of
most accidents or are least understood and describes in
detail how to perform them safely; included instructors
manual. |
George D. Heindel,
ACS Video Courses |
32 minutes |
| Emergency Eyewashes
& Drench Showers |
This workplace safety video will
help familiarize employees with the requirements for
emergency eyewashes, drench showers, and related
equipment. It reviews what type of equipment is
available, where it should be located, and how to use it.
OSHA regulations and ANSI standards are also covered. |
Haws |
12:50 minutes |
| Saf-T-Training,
Chemical Safety Training |
Explains chemical labeling,
Material Safety Data Sheets, accident prevention and
spill control. |
J.T. Baker |
44 minutes |
| The Keys to
Laboratory Safety |
"Chemical Hazards in the
Laboratory" introduces employees to physical and
health hazards posed by chemicals commonly found in the
lab. Discusses specific classes of hazardous chemicals.
Explains labels and MSDSs. Part I of two part series.
Includes an instruction guide. |
Industrial Training,
Inc. |
16 minutes |
| Practicing Safe
Science |
Demonstrations of good safety
techniques, re-enactments of actual laboratory accidents,
and questions that challenge you to recognize hazards in
the laboratory. |
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute |
29 minutes |
| Chemical Hazards |
Promotes chemical safety by using
phenol-chloroform extraction and ethanol precipitation to
demonstrate safety principles that apply to working with
many of the hazardous chemicals found in the modern
biology laboratory. |
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute |
10 minutes |
| Emergency Response |
Provides guidance and reviews
procedures for responding to emergencies in the modern
biology laboratory. |
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute |
12 minutes |
| Safety in the
Research Laboratory, Set Two |
Provides guidance and instruction
on how to control hazards associated with protocols and
practices used in the modern biology laboratory.
Centrifugation Hazards - 9 minutes, Chemical Storage
Hazards - 11 minutes, and Glassware Washing Hazards - 10
minutes. |
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute |
30 minutes |
| MSDS - Read It
Before You Need It! |
Explains the 16 part ANSI Material
Safety Data Sheet. Includes instructors handbook with
quiz. |
Coastal |
20 minutes |
| Hazard Communication
- A Healthy Responsibility |
Explains the Hazard Communication
Standard, chemical hazards, warning labels, MSDSs,
written program, and employee training. Includes an
instructor's handbook. |
Coastal |
19 minutes |
| Hazard Communication
- Your Right to Know |
Explains the Hazard Communication
Standard, chemical hazards, warning labels, MSDSs,
written program, and employee training. |
Environmental
Resource Center |
45 minutes |
| Clean Up By the CRV |
Demonstrates remote clean-up using
the CRV at a US EPA site |
Earth Resources
Corporation |
|
| University and
College Hazardous Waste Management Conference |
Presentation of papers at 9th
annual conference. |
University of
Amherst |
5 tape set |
| Orientation to
Laboratory Safety |
Module 1 of 12 in Elements of
Safety Series. Presents regulations, MSDSs, planning
experiments, PPE, handling of glassware, housekeeping,
ventilation controls, chemical storage, compressed gases,
label, waste disposal, accidents/emergencies, and safety
shower/eye washes. Includes intructor handbook and quiz. |
J.T. Baker |
11 minutes |
| Radionuclide Hazards |
Demonstrates good principles for
use of radioisotopes in the laboratory. Located at Media
Services, SB-8 McGregory Hall. |
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute |
12 minutes |