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A student is conducting an experiment that involves adding hydrochloric acid to various minerals to detect if they have carbonates in them. The student holds a mineral up and adds hydrochloric acid to it. The acid runs down the side and onto the student’s hand causing irritation and a minor burn. If they had done a risk assessment first, how would this situation be different?
A. It would be the same, there is no way to predict the random chance of acid dripping off the mineral in a risk assessment.
B. The student would not have picked up the mineral because he would know that some of the minerals have dangerous chemicals in them.
C. The student would be safer because he would have been wearing goggles, but his hand still would not have been protected.
D. The student would have no injuries because he would know hydrochloric acid is dangerous and would be wearing gloves when using it.
