Rick Kelly Injuries from Breaking Glass or Quartz in MSD Accidentally breaking glassware Turned and struck flask against bench Dropped beaker Intentionally breaking glass Cut while opening ampule with hand ID: 610862
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Injuries from Breaking Glass in MSD
Rick KellySlide2
Injuries from Breaking Glass or Quartz in MSD
Accidentally breaking glasswareTurned and struck flask against benchDropped beaker
Intentionally breaking glass
Cut while opening ampule with hand
Cut during scoring and breaking of glass tubeSlide3
Injured When Scoring Quartz Tube
Work requires cutting quartz tubes that are then loaded with chemicals and sealed on an oxygen/propane torch:
Very odd tool used to score quartz tubes:Slide4
Injured When Scoring Quartz Tube
Several improved tube cutting devices considered
Which would you buy?Slide5
Injured When Breaking Ampules by HandAmpoules are sealed glass containers (1-10 ml typically) designed to have the neck snapped off to remove the contents:
Original procedure was to break by hand, resulting in injury. An alternative tool was sought to make the work much safer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dra8C-1EwdcSlide6
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