Any CHEM majors should find this funny.

[puiah11]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...&q=fired&hl=en

 

[Zorander]

Catastrophic. At least one guy is not wearing safety boots (sneakers are no good), the other guy is not wearing his safety goggles and they are playing around with the emergency shower.

p.s. Just in case, treat those emergency showers with respect. They can save your life (or a few organs) during emergencies. They did save me after an incident involving concentrated HCl.

 

[jdimitri]

Care to explain to the chem-dumb?

 

[lipidicman]

I have on of those about 10 feet away. They forgot to install them in the lab so they are in the office area. I have a feeling there is a small hazard involved in placing them so close to trailing electricity leads. Also there is no drain under them. I REALLY hope they are never needed!

 

[Hoppergrass]

i'm not sure why that's supposed to be funny, but then i wasn't a chem major

 

[Konig]

the only thing im missing in labs is hot gals having to use that shower. in the safety instruction her lab partner is supposed to help him/her strip.

 

[Ikrit42]

The reason it's funny is that ANYONE who's EVER been in a Chem lab has wanted to pull the thing, just to see what happens.

Heck, I spent my entire year of Chemistry wondering that.

 

[Ikrit42]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorander /img/forum/go_quote.gif p.s. Just in case, treat those emergency showers with respect. They can save your life (or a few organs) during emergencies. They did save me after an incident involving concentrated HCl.

Wait-
Aren't you NOT supposed to use water on concentrated acids or bases, but instead use the opposite to neutralize it?
At least that's what I remember my Chem teacher telling me.

 

[Zorander]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ikrit42 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wait- Aren't you NOT supposed to use water on concentrated acids or bases, but instead use the opposite to neutralize it? At least that's what I remember my Chem teacher telling me.

Well, if you had acid go into your eyes, WOULD you pour alkali/base into your eyes?

Water is a solvent and washes away the acid well without any negative effects. Trust me, you would rather quickly run to the nearest water tap, instead of finding a bottle of alkali stowed away somewhere in a locker, when your eyes are burning from the chemical. The pain level is worlds above shampoo stings.


Edit:
Forgot to mention that incident I was involved with was with my eyes. Obviously water was the only (and quickest) solution. If it was on the skin, I suppose some bicarbonate powders would have been more appropriate. It's been a long time since I worked in this field so pardon me if that's not entirely correct.

 

[rhythmicmoose]

They just did major construction on my old high school, including an all new wing with brand new science labs. The new labs, unlike the ones we had when I was there, are equipped with emergency showers.

Over Thanksgiving break, a couple of my friends and I visited the school to check out the renovations. When we peeked into a new lab and saw the emergency showers, we HAD to try it out.

Of course, we realized the same thing these guys realized in the video. Those things do not turn off by themselves. And they put out a TON of water. And our school didn't install drains.

 

[MuZI]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhythmicmoose /img/forum/go_quote.gif They just did major construction on my old high school, including an all new wing with brand new science labs. The new labs, unlike the ones we had when I was there, are equipped with emergency showers. Over Thanksgiving break, a couple of my friends and I visited the school to check out the renovations. When we peeked into a new lab and saw the emergency showers, we HAD to try it out. Of course, we realized the same thing these guys realized in the video. Those things do not turn off by themselves. And they put out a TON of water. And our school didn't install drains.

Every place that has those showers doesn't have a drain... I forgot the reason but I think it had to do with having to connect it to the piping would be a PITA and you wouldn't want hazards going into the piping...

 

[DanT]

I heard that those think are connected to a water reservoir. They are not connected to running water so when you pull it gush out and won't stop until you empty the entire water reservoir then someone has to refill the system.

Here a quote I just I google

http://biology.mcgill.ca/safety/emerg.htm

Quote:

Do not be alarmed if you cannot turn off the shower, most of them will automatically empty their entire reservoir, leaving your hands free to take your clothes off completely.

 

[Zorander]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MuZI /img/forum/go_quote.gif Every place that has those showers doesn't have a drain... I forgot the reason but I think it had to do with having to connect it to the piping would be a PITA and you wouldn't want hazards going into the piping...

Yes, you wouldn't want any of those chemicals to mix around with the main water system. The water treatment plant will not necessarily (and completely) purge them off the system and someone might end up drinking or ingesting the chemical later on.

 

[flamerz]

I laughed at the title.

 

[Zorander]

Quote:

Originally Posted by flamerz /img/forum/go_quote.gif I laughed at the title.

Care to explain?