Safety Culture & Compliance
Standing in the same spot for the large part of a nine hour shift taught me that mats matter. Since I was new to the position, I stood on a section of cardboard for a week until the company was able to provide me with one of those anti-fatigue mats.
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The ACS Green Chemistry Institute has just announced the 15th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference will be held June 21-23, 2011. In a greater effort to unite scientific leaders and commemorate the International Year of Chemistry, ACS GCIAvailable on Demand
This is your time to step back a little from your day to day involvement and look for problems and opportunities for improvement as well as things that are well done.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory won a 2010 Federal Energy and Water Management Award for its aggressive energy savings plan, which relies on in-house personnel to find creative ways to reduce energy. The lab also emp
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The commute to the lab just got a little greener for five university lab researchers who won Kimberly-Clark Professionals Go Green, Get a Ride contest. Each of the five has been awarded a new Trek Valencia commuter bicycle in recognition for their ef
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Where fuses and circuit breakers are designed to protect wiring and equipment from overcurrent, GFCIs are designed to protect personnel from electric current. Not having a GFCI near a water source can lead to injury or even death.
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With the constant attention we give to maintaining a safe work environment—such as safety training, meetings, signage, email updates or links to articles—you have to wonder when employees begin to tune out safety information in a similar gradual pattern
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When safety is done right it should be recognized.
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Growing up in Mexico, Victor Zavala saw energy in a different light. Electricity was expensive and scarce. Heating and cooling systems were not commonplace, and climate control had more to do with putting on a sweater or wearing shorts than adjusting
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A building at the University of Minnesota reopened Thursday after being evacuated the night before when a chemical spill sent two students to the hospital for observation. University officials reopened the Phillips Wangensteen Building once a hazardo
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Routine service of laboratory fume hoods includes the periodic changing of burned-out fluorescent light tubes.
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When my skills at organization begin to breakdown, I know its time to create a checklist. I find checklists offer a simple solution to restoring control and then staying on track. Safety checklists in the lab are a work in progress, but as long as yo
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