1. Simply Science Safety Claire Hodgin & Bill Humphries UTeach|Dell Center for New Teacher Success University of Texas

2. Top Seven Reasons to be Safe #7 Jack Stands? Hah! Who needs 'em?

3. Top Seven Reasons to be Safe #6 Necessity is the Mother of Invention

4. Top Seven Reasons to be Safe #5 And to think... those wimps at the power company use straps and cleats to get up this high!

5. Top Seven Reasons to be Safe #4 I'm sure this guy still wonders why he got fired that day

6. Top Seven Reasons to be Safe #3 How drunk do you have to be before this starts looking like a good idea?

7. Top Seven Reasons to be Safe #2 Gee, guys... that seems like an awful lot of protective gear for such a small chlorine gas leak...

8. Top Seven Reasons to be Safe And the #1 reason Step 1: Remove shoes. Step 2: Place metal ladder in water. Step 3: Begin using power tools while standing barefoot on metal ladder in water.

9. But I’ll be careful and not have an accident... Wearing gloves is hot and uncomfortable

10. The alternative to lab safety is...

11. And goggles are uncomfortable, hot, and funny looking

12. But the alternative is this...

13. Or this! Part of a needle broke off a machine and flew into his eye

14. Or This

16. This could be you!

17. So Wear Your Goggles! BE SAFE