Resumen de Danger in school labs.
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.
