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Re: [DCHAS-L] Hats in lab

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Date: Aug 31, 2022 12:25 UTC

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From: Richard Palluzi <000006c59248530b-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>

Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Hats in lab

Date: Aug 31, 2022 12:30 UTC

Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety &lt;DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU&gt;

In-Reply-To: [DCHAS-L] Hats in lab

Demystify: 
Hats, mostly baseball caps or knit caps, are very common in industry in my experience. Hard hats are also very common in plant labs both for visitors and often for folks who are in and about a lot. Cowboy hats are pretty rare. I have never heard of an accident. 

On Aug 30, 2022 2:09 PM, Nora Dunkel <noradunkel51**At_Symbol_Here**WEBSTER.EDU> wrote:
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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