Virginia State Specific Science Safety Compliance

Virginia State Specific Science Safety Compliance

Science labs answer to thousands of rules, and most of them apply in every state. This free module covers only the Virginia science lab safety rules and requirements: the ones Virginians need to pay attention to, each tied to the exact Virginia law or rule that sets it. It is the home of the Virginia State Specific Science Safety Compliance Requirements Sheet and teaches the sheet rule by rule.

What a learner will be able to do

• Say which Virginia rules cover public, private and federal workplaces
• Apply Virginia’s eye protection law to a lab or shop, visitors included
• Explain how VOSH covers school staff and which serious injuries are reported to the state, and how fast
• Apply Virginia’s fire code to a school lab: drills, safety data sheets and occupant load postings
• Check a school’s crisis plan, safety audit and emergency training against Virginia law
• Provide alternatives to dissection under Virginia’s law and guidelines, and check an organization against the sheet

Nine lessons following the sheet’s six numbered rules, four pairs of Virginia scenarios, a task that checks a real organization against the sheet, a 10-question quiz and the Science Safety Certificate.