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Re: [DCHAS-L] Hats in lab
Date:
Aug 31, 2022 12:30 UTC
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Richard Palluzi <000006c59248530b-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
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Ernest Lippert <ernielippert**At_Symbol_Here**toast.net>
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Re: [DCHAS-L] Hats in lab
Date:
Aug 31, 2022 12:25 UTC
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Back when things were different (1952) and not much air conditioning, a girl wearing a one piece bating suit showed up for a freshman lab class. As a lowly instructor at that time I still had some authority and sent her home. No repercussions followed.
Ernest Lippert
From: "Nora Dunkel" <noradunkel51**At_Symbol_Here**WEBSTER.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 6:04 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Hats in lab
Does anyone have guidance on wearing hats in lab? An instructor for sophomore organic chemistry at my institution reports that a student has repeatedly come to lab wearing a cowboy hat. The student is otherwise appropriately dressed, but we wonder about visibility (will the student's peripheral vision be obstructed?), whether people might bump into the hat, and whether the hat might knock over glassware. (It's a pretty crowded room when everybody is setting up their apparatus.)
Is this something others have encountered? Are hats in lab acceptable from a safety perspective?
Nora Dunkel, CHMM
Chemical Safety Officer--Webster University
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