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Workshop:
Science Labs: Managing Safety and Liability
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April 2, 2009
East Hartford, CT
9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON, Registration 8:30 AM
SUMMARY
This workshop will help school staff create a safer working
environment in middle and high school science laboratories in
concert with the mandated OSHA Laboratory Standard.
| School District Series
Science Labs: Managing Safety and Liability is
one of many informative CIRMA workshops for school districts.
You may be eligible to receive continuing education
credits for attending a CIRMA workshop. Please bring your
paperwork with you for the instructor to complete.
For more information, please email CIRMA at cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.
“CIRMA, by far, does the most incredible job of
educating its members and providing services.”
Julie Pendleton, Business Manager,
Old Saybrook Board of Education
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Curiosity belongs in a science classroom. Safety does too. With
proper safety practices, the right equipment, and good classroom
management, students of all ages can safely investigate natural
phenomenon in the classroom laboratory.Although school violence grabs headlines, 90% of all injuries on
school grounds are accidental. The potential for accidents and
serious injury is especially acute in a science laboratory, where
young hands often work with hazardous materials and unfamiliar
equipment. Overcrowding and large class sizes, a problem in
many classrooms, are of special concern in the science laboratory.
Current OSHA Laboratory Standard reflects increased public
concern for personal safety environmental protection. “Downthe-
drain” disposal of liquid chemicals, once standard lab practice,
is now strictly prohibited in most cases.
This CIRMA workshop teaches the basic safety practices for
school laboratories. It introduces and discusses the major tenets of
the CONN-OSHA Laboratory Standard, which protect teachers,
students, school employees, as well as the environment and public
from accidental injury and exposures.
Participants will gain a working knowledge of prudent
safety practices in a school laboratory, including:
- Code requirements for Conn OSHA’s Chemical Hygiene Plan
- Regulations for laboratory design/occupancy loads
- Protection for teachers in a litigious environment
- Resolutions for laboratory safety issues
Participants will learn how to create and maintain a safer
working environment in the school science laboratory in
compliance with the CONN-OSHA Standard.
AUDIENCE
- Science Teachers
- School Business Managers
- School Custodial and Maintenance Personnel
- Curriculum Coordinators
- Department Supervisors
- School Administrators
- School Health and Safety Personnel
- Anyone responsible for school safety
SPEAKERS
Dr. Kenneth R. Roy
Dr. Roy is the Director of Environmental
Health & Safety for the Glastonbury Public
Schools. He is a safety consultant for the
Connecticut, Maryland, and Vermont State
Departments of Education as well as an
Authorized OSHA instructor. He serves as
science safety consultant for the National
Science Teachers Association and National Science Education
Leadership Association. He is a syndicated safety columnist
worldwide and also the contributing safety editor/columnist
for NSTA's The Science Teacher and Science Scope. He serves
as a safety presenter/trainer for CIRMA.
As president and senior consultant of National Safety
Consultants, he provides professional advice to the educational
and business communities in the areas of employee and
employer safety.
WHERE
Veterans' Memorial Clubhouse
100 Sunset Ridge Drive
East Hartford, CT 06118
860-528-1458
COST per attendee
Free for CIRMA members. $50 for non-CIRMA members.
DIRECTIONS
From Points East: Traveling 84 West, take Exit 58 (Roberts Street/Silver
Lane). At the end of exit, turn left at light onto Roberts Street (stay in left
lane), until you reach Silver Lane intersection (Pratt & Whitney gate will be
directly across from you).
At the light, turn left onto Silver Lane. Proceed up Silver Lane for
approximately one mile (you will pass a Showcase Cinemas Marquee). At
the fifth light, you will be at the intersection of Silver Lane and Forbes Street.
Stay on Silver Lane and proceed through the light for approximately 1/8
mile. At the first light past the Silver Lane/Forbes Street intersection, turn left
onto Ridgewood Road. Watch for signs pointing to the Veterans' Memorial
Clubhouse.
From Hartford: Traveling 84 East, take Exit 58 (Roberts Street/Silver Lane).
Turn right at end of exit, onto Roberts Street, then follow directions above.
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