Safety Culture & Compliance
For Florida's Advanced Environmental Laboratories, success is achieved through strong management support and smart hiring.
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The power supply in electrophoresis equipment runs at a sufficient enough voltage and amperage to deliver an electric shock that could be fatal. The electric shock can also cause burns, damage to the skin, muscles, and nerves.
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Demolition projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory have recovered more than 136 tons of metal to recycle since work began last year.
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A year before a UCLA staff research assistant was fatally burned in a lab fire, a graduate student was seriously injured in a similar accident that university officials failed to report to state regulators, records released Friday show.
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Rice Lake Weighing Systems is making a lot of lemonade with recent sour economic news, taking advantage of a brief slowdown to reorganize, regroup, and get a better grip on its day-to-day operations. Cost-reduction strategies have been enacted companywideincluding a long overdue look at the companys garbage bill.
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Hettich Centrifuges, Beverly, MA, is initiating a North America recall of 2050 and 2076 plastic hematocrit rotors that are used in combination with the Mikro 12-24, Mikro 20, Haematokrit 20 and Haematokrit 24 bench top plastic centrifuges.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is more than just a hub of prizewinning science. It's also the home of award-winning and green architecture.
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The classified computer network of a major U.S. nuclear laboratory remains vulnerable to cyber attack, according to a congressional watchdog agency. The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico continues to have significant computer security problems, warning that it is having difficulty "protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information stored on and transmitted over its classified computer network."
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Swine flu spreads from an infected person to others when they cough, sneeze or touch handles, doorknobs and other objects subsequently touched by others. Persons can contract the flu by touching these objects before touching their mouth, nose or eyes
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Looking to reduce operating costs, reach company safety goals and retain hardworking talented employees? Of course, who isn't? Launching a safety incentive program is a great tool to help achieve these goals. Incentive programs strive to improve empl
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