In the last few years there have been some significant accidents and fatalities at Research Universities that have brought increased attention by regulators and others on the culture of safety in the US Higher Education System. On January 16, 2009 UCLA Research...
December 28, 2008- Research Associate Sheri Sangji suffers severe burns while working on a pyrophoric liquid in the Patrick Harran Lab at UCLA. Sheri is not wearing proper personal protective equipment or using proper equipment to transfer a pyrophoric liquid. January...
[gview file=”https://safe.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Cryro-Tube-Explosion-9-20121.pdf”] If there are any concerns or questions regarding health and safety within a laboratory, please contact Jonathan Klane, Assistant Director –...
This flowchart with upcoming dates of courses should simplify things. [gview file=”https://safe.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Training-2012-Final.pdf” height=”600″ width=”800″]
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...
