Practice question · Multiple choice
Safety precautions are dictated directly by material chemistry rather than arbitrary workshop rules. What follows from this distinction when evaluating workshop hazards?
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- What does knowing the physical behaviour of a compound change about how you manage it?
- Why can generic, one-size-fits-all workshop rules fail to protect against specific chemical behaviours?
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C. Control measures must be adapted to how each substance behaves
Why
Rules reflect how specific chemicals act in an environment rather than generic routines. Conflating hazard control with universal PPE or fixed check-lists misses that risks like settling solvent vapours or invisible silica demand substance-specific engineering.
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