Incident and Near-Miss Reporting Form for CHE Laboratories
A multi-university collaborative group of lab instructors developed and implemented an Incident Reporting form into their Chemical Engineering laboratories. A copy of this Google Form can be found below for implementation into any Unit Operations/Chemical Engineering laboratory
A reflective CSB video by an accident victim who was severely injured at a high school chemistry lab demonstration accident in Ohio, in 2006. The teacher was demonstrating how different chemicals burnt at different light frequencies without any safety gear like a lab-coat or goggles.
Experimenting with Danger
This CSB video discusses three accidents at university laboratories and research facilities – the 2008 fatal accident at UCLA involving a pyrophoric chemical (4:10), the 1997 death of a professor at Dartmouth College via accidental poisoning (7:48), and the 2010 explosion at Texas Tech University where a graduate student lost three fingers (11:14).
Select Lab Safety Video Snippets
Assignment: After viewing each safety snippet, write down 1 to 3 key takeaways for each video.
Outfit for Safety
A video created by the University of California, San Diego that comprehensively discusses the appropriate pieces of personal protective equipment for different laboratory environments.
The Sloppy Lab
This video, developed by the EECS Department at the University of Michigan, highlights the importance of wearing the proper safety gear in the lab.
Food in the Lab
This video emphasizes the potential consequences of bringing food into the lab and was produced by the EECS Department at the University of Michigan.
Glove Removal Safety
This Iowa State University EHS produced video summarizes the proper way to remove gloves safely in a laboratory.
Safety Gear
This video, developed by the EECS Department at the University of Michigan, highlights the importance of wearing the proper safety gear in the lab.
Evacuate
The EECS Department at the University of Michigan stresses the importance of evacuating the building at the sound of any alarm, even if it may just be a drill in this video.
How to Use an Emergency Safety Shower
This video, produced by EHS at Iowa State University, reviews the proper use of an emergency safety shower.