From: Michael <mabuczynski**At_Symbol_Here**HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Labcoats
Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 21:53:28 +0000
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Speaking about PPE and the recent incidents, I remembered getting a Gilbert Chemistry Set for Christmas one year as a child. Besides all of the colorful chemicals like copper sulfate and the balance I thought of the alcohol burner with the wick etc. Unfortunately the kit did not include goggles or safety glasses !!!!!

On May 27, 2017, at 5:20 PM, NEAL LANGERMAN <neal**At_Symbol_Here**CHEMICAL-SAFETY.COM> wrote:

I had same reject issue. I changed to plain text rather than HTML and problem stopped.


On Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:20 Jeffrey Lewin <jclewin**At_Symbol_Here**mtu.edu> wrote:
My reply keeps getting rejected due to some sort of image insert, so I'm sending as a stand-alone post:

Zack,

I don't think we are as far apart as you think, and I appreciate the MIT link.

In case it wasn't clear, I was aiming at those faculty that use PPE as a primary defense, rather than following the hierarchy of hazard mitigation (elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, then PPE).  

I also agree that academia lags behind industry, I regularly cite the following:


In my safety discussions.  

One of the more interesting comments in this article was a correlation between wearing PPE and reduced injuries in the lab.  Note that the reduction in injuries may not have been from the PPE per se, but that those people that regularly wear PPE also tend to be safer workers and/or work in environments that promote other safe practices.

Jeff
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Environmental Health and Safety
Michigan Technological University
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