From: "Elmore, Kimberly A" <elmorek**At_Symbol_Here**CAMPBELL.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fancy nails in the lab
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:19:11 +0000
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Barbara,  including the excerpt in your safety policies is such a great (and simple) idea! My department's current safety policy does not include this concern, so I usually verbalize it during student training, along with leather closed toe shoes being a better choice for lab than cloth closed toe shoes. And, although during my annual training of the lab TAs I ask them to talk about it when training their students, I can't be sure they remember to do so. Maybe my department should consider such an excerpt be written into the policy to ensure it's covered.

 

Thanks for the idea!

Kim

 

Mrs. Kimberly A. Elmore
Laboratory manager
Department of Chemistry and Physics

Campbell University

910-814-5420

 

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU] On Behalf Of Barbara Foster
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 9:20 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fancy nails in the lab

 

Excellent point, Monona. The following is an excerpt from our Safety Rules for Undergraduate Students in Chemistry Laboratories:

 

You are advised to avoid wearing synthetic fingernails in the chemistry laboratory. Synthetic fingernails can be damaged by solvents and are made of    

extremely flammable polymers which can burn to completion and are not easily extinguished.

 

 

/ Barbara L. Foster

College Safety Officer

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

West Virginia University

DCHAS Fellow - American Chemical Society

304-293-2729 (desk)

304-276-0099 (mobile)

http://safety.eberly.wvu.edu

 

 

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> On Behalf Of Monona Rossol
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:51 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fancy nails in the lab

 

Take it from someone who wore 1.5 inch nails for years of nightclub gigs, they are thick, long, very flammable plastic.  And if they catch fire, the are going to seriously burn the ends of the fingers.  These longer ones also impair dexterity in the lab.   Monona

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From: Harry J. Elston <helston**At_Symbol_Here**MIDWESTCHEMSAFETY.COM>
To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Sent: Mon, Feb 18, 2019 8:10 am
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fancy nails in the lab

My 2-cents:

 

If it is not interfering with the dexterity required for the operation, I won't have a problem with it.  

 

Harry 

 

Sent from my mobile device

 

On Sun, Feb 17, 2019, 20:57 Dra. Clara Rosal’a A´lvarez Cha´vez <pissa_unison**At_Symbol_Here**hotmail.com wrote:

Hello everyone,

We have seen that some students and teachers use quite long fancy nails while working in the lab. This topic was the object of a discussion in UNISON (University of Sonora). The arguments  included the respect of the person to use that type of nails.  However, it was also commented that it is a risk for those who use those fantasy nails and also for those who are working around in the lab.

What is your opinion about it? Have you implemented any policy in this regard?

Best regards,

Rossy

Dra. Clara Rosal’a A´lvarez Cha´vez
Profesora de Tiempo Completo
Universidad de Sonora
Hermosillo, Son. Me´xico

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