When i first started working in a lab, my boss told me i had to do safety training first, and then gave me a pile of documents explaining in detail how all the

When i first started working in a lab, my boss told me i had to do safety training first, and then gave me a pile of documents explaining in detail how all the lab's methods worked. There was nothing in them about safety. But, he explained, if i understood all the materials and equipment i was going to use in miniscule detail, then i would naturally know how to use them safely.