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From: Gilman, Lisa <00001730fb194cb8-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Hats in lab
Date: Aug 31, 2022 12:45 UTC
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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.--- 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 @acsdchasOn Aug 30, 2022 2:09 PM, Nora Dunkel <noradunkel51**At_Symbol_Here**WEBSTER.EDU> wrote:--- 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 @acsdchasDoes 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, CHMMChemical Safety Officer--Webster UniversityISB/Browning Hall 314314-246-2244 (desk)661-348-1445 (cell)
