I'm personally not that concerned, as long as you have some acidic stuff on hand just in case.   But I think as long as you being aware/cautious you should be fine [e.g. clear bench, nothing to knock over, good stable bases on your glassware].   basically good standard lab technique.

I spent a number of years doing biotech lab work and the worst i ever got was a slight skin peel on my thumb from Phenol, stung for half a day or so, but made my thumb look younger and rejuvenated ; ) [after all they use that for face peels].   Made sure i wore gloves when dealing with dodgy stuff after that and have never had a problem.

my opinion would be that as long as you don't be stupid overly casual the likelihood of being safe is pretty high.

equally if you did burn yourself you could pretend you were a member of fight club :lol: