Laboratory Safety Signs
Posted: 09 May 2014, 15:31
If you are looking for safety signs then google - science laboratory safety signs. You will find a site called chemistry.about.com which has images of virtually any safety sign you might need (95 images). At different times I have had signs printed in colour by the science coordinator and the WHS person. They can be printed off on a colour printer (A4 size) and then laminated. If your school is serious about WHS issues then this should not be a problem.
Signs which I have in all laboratories are:
Escape Route (posted at all exits to the laboratories); First Aid (on the prep room doors); Eyewash; Safety Shower; Do Not Enter (on prep room doors); Protective Footwear; and Eye Protection Required (both at the front of the labs next to the smartboards so the kids can't miss them). There are also Fire Extinguishers signs just in case there are no signs near your fire extinguishers. There is also a sign for using lasers which I am thinking that I should print out to put into the Physics lab for when they use the laser equipment. Hope this is of some use to those who need to signpost their labs.
Lyn.
P.S. We did have an inspection by WH&S some time back and they were impressed with all the signs.
Signs which I have in all laboratories are:
Escape Route (posted at all exits to the laboratories); First Aid (on the prep room doors); Eyewash; Safety Shower; Do Not Enter (on prep room doors); Protective Footwear; and Eye Protection Required (both at the front of the labs next to the smartboards so the kids can't miss them). There are also Fire Extinguishers signs just in case there are no signs near your fire extinguishers. There is also a sign for using lasers which I am thinking that I should print out to put into the Physics lab for when they use the laser equipment. Hope this is of some use to those who need to signpost their labs.
Lyn.
P.S. We did have an inspection by WH&S some time back and they were impressed with all the signs.