Lab safety rules help create a safe environment in which to work and learn.

Read the Flinn Safety Contract for detailed laboratory safety considerations. This is important information to remember in order to keep you, your instructor(s), and your fellow students safe while working in a science laboratory.

Watch the video to see what can happen when you are careless about laboratory safety.

Review the video above as many times as necessary to complete the following exercise.

In your notes, create a table like the one shown below. Write down the three laboratory safety issues that you feel are the most important for science labs. In addition, write down the corresponding Flinn Contract rule that is violated for each of the three issues that you find.