Previous by Date: Subject: [DCHAS-L] New Article Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 8:31:22 AM Author: Richard Palluzi <000006c59248530b-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
From: Monique Wilhelm <mwilhelm**At_Symbol_Here**UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Opinion: What I learned from my lab accident
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:20:03 -0400
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Message-ID: CAC5HN6bp1HT1GGx=50RB-YEi_rNtS88VnFB55XNtydHQVHik-A**At_Symbol_Here**mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To <28721530-A9E5-40C7-A15C-E57345EB158D**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org>
Demystify:
At first glance at the email subject, I thought this was a title for a symposium. Would anyone be willing to contribute their lessons learned to such a symposium at a national conference if I organized it?
Opinion: What I learned from my lab accident
Researchers should feel empowered to improve safety culture before accidents happen
"My colleagues and I often perceive any safety-related matter as subtracting precious time from our research-and forget that being able to assess risks associated with substances and procedures is an integral part of our job. The procedure I was performing was clearly hazardous, but no one had ever captured it in a standard operating procedure (SOP) with a dedicated risk assessment. It is hard to say whether an SOP would have helped prevent this accident. But it could have made my colleagues and me more aware of the possible risks and increased our understanding of the experiment and chemistry behind it."
---
For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org
Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas
---
For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org
Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas
The content of this page reflects the personal opinion(s) of the author(s) only, not the American Chemical Society, ILPI, Safety Emporium, or any other party. Use of any information on this page is at the reader's own risk. Unauthorized reproduction of these materials is prohibited. Send questions/comments about the archive to secretary**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org. The maintenance and hosting of the DCHAS-L archive is provided through the generous support of Safety Emporium.
