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.
The Vermont Safety & Health Council, and the Vermont Small Business Development Center recently presented BioTek with the 2013 "Governor's Award for Outstanding Workplace Safety" in the Large Business category at a ceremony in South Burlington, VT.
Effective lab safety programs need to be error-free. Avoiding mistakes is critical. And yet, we see them repeated over and over again in labs throughout the world. This session will highlight major lab safety program errors to avoid.
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.
Prepare your lab for power failures with checklists and contingency planning. Learn how to protect equipment, ensure power quality, and maintain operations.