Safety tips
When conducting experiments with hazards or potential hazards, ask yourself these four questions...
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Working alone is a bad idea. It's an open invitation to tragedy. The legal consequences can be equally serious.
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Providing instruction in the safety hazards, appropriate precautions, and potential emergency procedures is a faculty duty under the law.
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Safety meetings are an integral part of a good safety program. You need to have a time when you and your colleagues can get together and focus on safety issues.
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For too many years at academic institutions and some companies, safety has been something extra.
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Quarterly inspections are an integral part of a good safety program.
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All staff members, as well as students, should be required to read the institution's lab safety rules.
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Everyone likes to receive a reward for good performance. It can be a merit raise, a promotion, or praise.
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Involve every staff member in some aspect of the safety program and give each a specific responsibility.
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Employees, faculty, staff, and students need to be encouraged to develop a genuine concern about their own health and safety.
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