Assignment # 4 - Case Study – Second Assignment - Using MSDS in Urgent situations Must use MSDS!! You are walking down t

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Assignment # 4 - Case Study – Second Assignment - Using MSDS in
Urgent situations Must use MSDS!! You are walking down the hallway
of your facility, and you see a housekeeper frantically signaling
for help. You approach the housekeeper and notice that her eyes are
red, watery, and they are itchy. She is rubbing her hands on her
face, where you notice what look like red burns on her face and she
is coughing. You ask her what is wrong and she says she splashed
something on her face and in her eyes when she was mixing it with
water in her pail. She is very upset, not really able to give you
many details about the incident. No supervisor is available to help
her. You are in charge. 1. What do you do first? 2. What do you do
for her first? 3. What may the process/protocol be for an accident
like this? You look on her cart and notice she has the following
chemicals and items: a. Vinegar b. Ammonia c. Comet Cleanser d.
Unidentified solution in a paper cup on the cart e. Donut and
coffee f. Lysol Multi-purpose cleaner 4. Which is the product that
would cause these kinds of concerns if splashed on the face?(hint -
look up the MSDS on all products) 5. How would you treat, help the
splash to her eyes and to her face?(hint, look up the MSDS on all
products)? 6. What could have the staff member done to avoid this
kind of injury? 7. What could the facility have done to help her or
any other staff member in this kind of injury? Look around the
hallway, what safety components should be available and how close
should they be to work areas ? 8. What do you think about the
unidentified solution in the paper cup on the cart? Could this have
caused the burns and injury to the eyes? Any issue with this being
on the cart? 9.What about the food products on the cart? Should
they be there? 10. What would happen if Ammonia was spilled on the
donut or in the coffee and the staff member consumed them? List the
websites you used (URLs)