About James A. Kaufman, Ph.D. | Lab Manager Magazine®

James A. Kaufman, Ph.D.

James A. Kaufman, PhD, is founder and President/CEO of the Laboratory Safety Institute. LSI is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to making health and safety an integral and important part of education, work and life. The Institute provides training programs, consultation services and a wide range of publications for organizations throughout the world. Since 1977, Dr. Kaufman has been writing, lecturing and answering questions on laboratory safety and effective lab safety programs. Email your questions to jim@labsafetyinstitute.org.

Involve Every Staff Member in Some Aspect of the Safety Program

June 12 2013

There’s a tendency to think that if someone is appointed safety coordinator, they have to do all the work for the rest of us. False! A coordinator is just that. He or she is not a “parent.” Each person needs to be responsible for safety in general and for a specific part of the program in particular. Here’s a list of a number of different specific assignments:

Encourage Caring About One’s Health and Safety

May 8 2013

Employees, faculty, staff, and students need to be encouraged to develop a genuine concern about their own health and safety. It’s too easy to care less and become careless.

Develop a Safety Orientation Program

April 8 2013

All new employees, students, faculty, and staff should receive a specially designed introduction to your safety program.

Organize a Safety Committee

March 7 2013

Your department should have a safety committee. Academic institutions and companies should all have safety committees. The committees should consist of employees, supervisors, faculty, staff, administration, and students.

Have a Written Safety Policy

January 25 2013

This is the cornerstone of a good safety program. It’s a statement endorsed and supported by the administration that speaks to the fundamental responsibilities for health and safety in the academic institution or company.

Safety Tip: Learning How to Be Safe is an Integral and Important Part of Your Work

December 6 2012

For too many years at academic institutions and some companies, health, safety and the environment have been something extra. It’s time that it becomes part of the process. At Dow, we were told that we were being paid to do three things: (1) work safely, (2) conduct active research programs, and (3) publish the reports and patent disclosures resulting from our research. Safety was part of the job—not something extra.

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