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The Co-Chairs of the Chemistry Health & Safety Committee are Kalai Saravanamuttu and Leah Allan Members of our Department trained in First Aid are: Should you decide to have a regulation kit, your 1st Aid Kit should have the following: box containing as a minimum, (a) a current edition of a standard St. John Ambulance First Aid Manual; (b) 1 card of safety pins; and (c) dressings consisting of, (i) 12 adhesive dressings individually wrapped, (ii) 4 sterile gauze pads, 3 inches square, (iii) 2 rolls of gauze bandage, 2 inches wide, (iv) 2 fi eld dressings, 4 inches square or 2 four-inch sterile bandage compresses, and (v) 1 triangular bandage. (2) The employer shall ensure that the first aid station is at all times in the charge of a worker who, (a) is the holder of a valid St. John Ambulance Emergency First Aid Certifi cate or its equivalent; and (b) works in the immediate vicinity of the station. Chemistry Department - Health and Safety Policy and GuidelinesDisclaimer and Acknowledgement A. General Considerations ‑and Overview B. Procedures
in Case of Accident D. Explosions,
Pressure and Vacuum G. Transportation
and Storage of Chemicals I. Occupational
Health and Safety Act of the Province of Ontario and WHMIS J. Workplace
Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) K. References
Appendix 1
Types of Fires and Fire Extinguishers Appendix 2 Flash
Points and Boiling Points of Some Common Laboratory Solvents
Appendix 3 Methods
for the Destruction of Small Quantities of Some Common Reactive
Materials Appendix
4 Peroxidizable
Compounds Appendix 5 First
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