1. Block off the area. The orange safety cabinets contain chemo accident kits, with e.g. warning strips, but also the Diphoterine kit. Contact the guards if necessary. (Office hours: 08-16 22 16, after office hours: 08-16 42 00 and reserve number 08-15 42 00.)
2. Consult a risk assessment or safety data sheet.
3. If you need cleaning help, contact colleagues, supervisors, technicians.
4. Clean it up if you can do it without major risk, in accordance with the risk assessment or safety data sheet.
   • Wear suitable protective equipment, protective gloves for the chemical(s) in question, safety goggles, chemical gas mask, boots or suitable shoes, other protective clothing if necessary.
   • Use absorption sheets for liquid spills, available at the emergency equipment area in the lab and in Chemstore, where you also find vermiculite (absorption granules).
   • Dispose of the absorption material containing the spillage after a suitable time. Gloves and the like are also disposed of in a suitable container or in the large yellow hazardous waste bags. The yellow bags can be found in the "chemical accident kit" box and in the Chemstore.
   • The waste is treated as normal chemical waste.
5. Inform the relevant supervisor, head of department and safety representative
6. Inform/email "everyone" or ask someone else to do it as soon as possible, stating why the area is blocked and /or what happened.

Inform the laboratory safety coordinator, Kristina Romare, immediately (073-659 04 75). Alternative head of department, Kálmán Szabó (073-679 8055).

If you do not succeed in establishing contact immediately: Call the security guard who decides if official on standby will be contacted.

Depending on what have happened it may also be necessary to contact Stockholm Water: 08-522 120 00 (office hours) or SOS alarm (for water and drain) 08-454 25 70 (evenings and weekends).

1. If you get a chemical splash, inform the people around you
2. Immediately remove your lab coat and / or clothing where you may have received splashes.
3. Rinse immediately with plenty of cold water (or use the emergency shower), unless otherwise stated on the safety data sheet of the substance.
4. You can also use Diphoterine to your advantage, if you have it at hand. Otherwise, ask someone to pick up the splash kit that is placed in the orange cabinets.
5. When it is safe to do so, take care of the cleaning of the workplace according to the section "minor spillage of chemicals".

Rule of thumb for shallow wounds and eyes: Rinse until it no longer hurts. But at least 20 minutes.

1. Inform the people around you
2. Limit the area of spillage. Contact MSDS for specific information
3. If appropriate, use vermiculite and / or absorption sheets to clean the area.

Absorption sheets can be found in the laboratory emergency/first aid area or in the Chemstore.

1. Call for help.
2. Try to stop the bleeding, put a sterile pressure bandage against the wound.
3. Hold the injured part high.
4. Go to the hospital with help, to get the wound stitched.

1. Clean, remove pieces of glass,
2. Rinse
3. If necessary, stop the blood with a sterile compress, by pressing for a while.
4. Depending on how deep the wound is and where it is, you can use a wound closure tape/suture tape that is in the orange safety cabinet to close the wound.
5. Then apply a bandage or apply a band-aid.

The measure is dependent on if the sharp object causing the injury is contaminated and, if so, what chemical and how much of it that might have contaminated you.

Through your risk assessment, you should know how dangerous your composition is and what measures must be taken, otherwise consult safety data sheets.

The evacuation alarm connected to the fire department (rescue service) is activated by smoke detectors in the corridors and laboratories. If the evacuation alarm does not sound even if the situation is critical, activate it by pressing a fire
alarm button (they are located in the corridors).

1. Rescue colleagues and leave the premises. If possible:
   • Close all open gas valves,
   • Disconnect electrical equipment if you can,
   • Close the doors behind you if you are the last to leave the room

Follow the evacuation leader's (equipped with yellow vest) instructions and help if necessary to e.g. get out any injured people. Keep in mind that you may not be allowed to return to the building for several hours. Everyone gathers at the gathering place on the lawn outside the main entrance A-C (at least 50 meters from the building).

Under no circumstances is it allowed to re-enter the laboratory premises once you have left them. The only exception is a direct request from the responsible staff.

Everyone must have evacuated the building within 5 minutes of the evacuation alarm sounding.

2. Call the fire brigade (rescue service) if the evacuation alarm does not already sound.

3. Only try to extinguish the fire if it is not a danger for you. See below "minor fires". 

Suffocate the fire in small containers by covering the opening with an inert material or any lid hanging on the laboratory emergency / first aid area.

Extinguish major fires with a carbon dioxide or powder-based fire extinguisher.

Water is generally not suitable for laboratory fires, and never when solvents or oils/oil baths are burning.

Burning chemicals: Extinguish all flames and remove all flammable, especially solvents.

Burning clothes: Lay the person down on the floor and roll him/her into a lab coat or fire blanket. Extinguish the fire from the head down. The emergency shower can also be used.

Burns: Clothes must be quickly and carefully removed from burns. Rinse with loads of lukewarm water for at least half an hour and consult a doctor. Burns involve a high risk of shock. Remember - when someone is injured: heat, rest, ventilation and careful handling. 

How do you get hold of the security guard on evenings, nights and weekends?

Call: 08-16 42 00

Whom do I turn to if the doors do not close properly?

Call: 08-16 42 00

I have been the victim of a crime within Stockholm University's campus areas?

If it is an emergency and the perpetrator is nearby, call the police 112. If there is a possibility, note how the person is dressed, height, physique, did the person carry anything, other characteristics. If the case is not urgent, contact the Security guard: 08-16 22 16 or 08-16 42 00, to get support and help, to make a police report and with the contact with the police.

Tip phone for crime

Stockholm University has a tip line for students and staff. Here you can report crimes, threats, harassment, financial irregularities or anything else related to security at the university.

Tips are provided anonymously. The phone has an answering machine, without a caller ID. The answering machine is listened to regularly. Telephone tip: 08-16 11 55

Why report an incident/crime?

The Real Estate Department/Security works with crime prevention in order to prevent or make it more difficult for crime to be committed at Stockholm University. If we receive this information, we can make efforts to prevent it from happening again, your information is valuable to us!

The burglar alarm sounds at the unit/institution I work at, what do I do?

Contact Kristina or Martin for the alarm at your workplace. If these persons are not present, call 08-16 42 00.