Danger in school labs.

• Autores: Beryl Lieff Benderly
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 303, Nº. 2, 2010, págs. 18-20
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses safety in U.S. academic laboratories and how several university lab accidents alerted officials to their chronically poor safety records. A brief overview of a lab accident at the University of California, Los Angeles, which resulted in the death of a student, is presented. Topics include the discovery by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) of various life-threatening safely violations at academic labs, such as lack of proper training and protective clothing. The role of management responsibility in ensuring lab safety is also discussed.