Precaution

Key Stage 3

A precaution is anything done to reduce the risk posed by a hazard.

Precautions may reduce the risk by avoiding the hazard or taking action which makes the hazard less like to cause harm.

Some precautions that may be taken are:

Wear Safety Gloves - To reduce the chance of corrosive or toxic chemicals getting on the skin or prevent burning by hot objects.
Wear Safety Spectacles - To reduce the chance of harmful, irritant or hot materials getting into the eyes.
Wear Safety Goggles - To reduce the chance of harmful, irritant, corrosive, toxic or hot materials getting into the eyes.
Wear a Labcoat - To reduce the chance of corrosive chemicals getting on the clothes and reduce the chance of clothes catching fire.
Use Tongs - To prevent hot objects coming in contact with the skin.
Use a Test Tube Holder - To prevent a hot test tube coming into contact with the skin.

A precaution is anything done to reduce the risk posed by a hazard.

Precautions may reduce the risk by avoiding the hazard or taking action which makes the hazard less like to cause harm.

Some precautions that may be taken are:

Wear Safety Gloves - To reduce the chance of corrosive or toxic chemicals or the contamination of the skin, or the irradiation of the skin by radioactive materials.
Wear Safety Spectacles - To reduce the chance of harmful, irritant or hot materials getting into the eyes.
Wear Safety Goggles - To reduce the chance of harmful, irritant, corrosive, toxic or hot materials getting into the eyes.
Wear a Labcoat - To reduce the chance of corrosive chemicals getting on the clothes, reduce the chance of clothes catching fire and reduce the chance of radioactive contamination of the clothes.
Use Tongs - To prevent hot or radioactive objects coming in contact with the skin or to reduce the irradiation of the skin by radioactive materials.
Use a Test Tube Holder - To prevent a hot test tube coming into contact with the skin.