Laboratory Safety
Safety Snippet Videos
Outfit for Safety
Description:
A video created by the University of California, San Diego that comprehensively discusses the appropriate pieces of personal protective equipment for different laboratory environments.
The Sloppy Lab
Description:
The EECS Department at the University of Michigan created this video to demonstrate the hazards that a sloppy lab poses.
Food in the Lab
Description:
This video emphasizes the potential consequences of bringing food into the lab and was produced by the EECS Department at the University of Michigan.
Glove Removal Safety
Description:
This UCLA produced video summarizes the proper way to remove gloves safely in a laboratory.
Safety Gear
Description:
This video, developed by the EECS Department at the University of Michigan, highlights the importance of wearing the proper safety gear in the lab.
Evacuate
Description:
The EECS Department at the University of Michigan stresses the importance of evacuating the building at the sound of any alarm, even if it may just be a drill in this video.
How to Use an Emergency Safety Shower
Description:
This video, produced by EHS at Iowa State University, reviews the proper use of an emergency safety shower.
Videos of Case Histories
After the Rainbow
Description:
A reflective CSB video by an accident victim who was severely injured at a high school chemistry lab demonstration accident in Ohio, in 2006. The teacher was demonstrating how different chemicals burnt at different light frequencies without any safety gear like a lab-coat or goggles.
Experimenting with Danger
Description:
This CSB video discusses three accidents at university laboratories and research facilities - the 2008 fatal accident at UCLA involving a pyrophoric chemical (4:10), the 1997 death of a professor at Dartmouth College via accidental poisoning (7:48), and the 2010 explosion at Texas Tech University where a graduate student lost three fingers (11:14).
Guidelines
Active Attacker
Link: https://www.dpss.umich.edu/content/prevention-education/safety-tips/active-attacker
UM Undergraduate Lab Safety Guidelines
Link: http://umich.edu/~safeche/assets/pdf/LabsSafetyGuidelines.pdf
Introduction to Laboratory Safety for Graduate Students
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00774
