Other common laboratory hazards include biological agents, radioactive material, lasers, and physical hazards. Laboratory safety has traditionally been synonymous with chemical safety; however, true ...

It is very difficult for undergraduate students entering laboratories for the very first time to recognize all the hazards present in a lab and comprehend how to prevent or respond to incidents. EH&S ...

Broken glass boxes are used across campus to collect chemically-contaminated glassware, which is a hazardous waste. While this is an acceptable practice, the box must remain closed if it is used as a ...

Campus department's play a key role in assuring the compliance with fire safety policies. In addition, lab members must understand their role in fire prevention and following procedures related to ...

The poster lab allows faculty, staff, and students associated with the College of Engineering or Purdue’s interdisciplinary institutes and centers to request 24x36- or 36x48-inch posters for ...

Environmental Health & Safety provides training both online and in-person on topics relevant to laboratory workers and supervisors. These courses satisfy some of the requirements set forth by federal, ...

This 1.5 hour class provides basic right-to-know training on hazardous chemicals and provides instructions on how to safety handle and package laboratory wastes. All lab workers including but not ...

CCS also works with the ACS Green Chemistry Institute to promote safe and responsible chemical use: Safety in the Chemistry Enterprise Regulation of Laboratory Waste CCS supports the Division of ...

In the 1980s comedy Real Genius, laboratory safety is the stuff of sight gags and pratfalls. Playing the movie's protagonist, Val Kilmer protects himself from a six-megawatt laser using Ray-Ban ...

The UAB Youth Safety Lab is dedicated to applying psychological science to understand and prevent injuries to children, adolescents, and young adults. Injuries are the leading cause of child death in ...

A safe research environment begins with hazard awareness and risk management. Safety training is required for anyone who works in or uses a research lab, instrument development shop, test facility or ...

This page covers important lab safety information that should be reviewed by all lab users but especially faculty members with lab space. The material covered on this page reviews the most common ...