ACCIDENTS AND EFFECTIVE PRECAUTIONS IN CHEMISTRY LABORATORIES IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS

Abstract

Accidents frequently occur in the process of teaching and learning in schools. Most of these
accidents are common in science laboratories. This paper intends to create proper awareness
of the nature and dangers of the materials in the Chemistry laboratory, the sources of accidents
in Chemistry laboratory, effective precautions in the chemistry laboratory, and recommendations
on how to use the laboratory in order to avoid accidents.