Incident Description: Recently, an ASU researcher became exposed to a small amount of liquid which contained a mixture of concentrated Hydrofluoric acid (49%) and Nitric acid (70%). The researcher suffered delayed burns to the tip of the index finger. Without...

The Fulton Schools of Engineering has a new Assistant Director of Safety Programs. Jonathan Klane comes to ASU from Maine and began his duties April 16. He will be advancing the position previously held by John Crozier and looks forward to working with everyone to...

In the past decade university laboratories in the United States have documented nearly 120 explosions, fires, and chemical discharges. However it was not until late last year that the first criminal charges were filed over insufficient laboratory safety. Discouraged...

A student from the University of Cincinnati was hospitalized Wednesday April 11th, after a laboratory incident occurred. Early Wednesday morning, a student from the University of Cincinnati was hospitalized after an explosion in a laboratory located in the Engineering...

A University of Wisconsin postdoctoral student sustained minor lacerations to the fingers and neck as the result of an explosion in the Chemistry Building. The chemistry department employee, as well as student, was completing a distillation when an air-sensitive...