A safe research environment begins with hazard awareness and risk management. Safety training is required for anyone who works in or uses a research lab, instrument development shop, test facility or ...

To ensure a safe work environment everyone involved in chemical/laboratory operations must be safety conscious. Safety becomes part of the work attitude through repeated discussions, meaningful ...

In the 1980s comedy Real Genius, laboratory safety is the stuff of sight gags and pratfalls. Playing the movie's protagonist, Val Kilmer protects himself from a six-megawatt laser using Ray-Ban ...

Shelves and cabinets should be anchored solidly to the wall and safety lips should be installed along the front edges of exposed shelves to keep materials from falling. Flammable, volatile chemicals ...

Other common laboratory hazards include biological agents, radioactive material, lasers, and physical hazards. Laboratory safety has traditionally been synonymous with chemical safety; however, true ...

Enviromental Health & Safety (EHS) conducts laboratory safety inspections throughout the research and teaching laboratories in conjunction with the departmental safety officers. These inspections ...

In order to ensure that laboratory activities are conducted safely, and in compliance with environmental health and safety regulations, all laboratory activities must be conducted under the ...

Labels can be picked up at Science Stores at no cost and a list of common peroxide formers and their testing periods can be found in the EHS Laboratory Safety Manual (this list is not exhaustive, ...