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Lab Safety in the News
Biosafety
- 2015: Accidental Select Agent Release at Tulane
- 2012: Lab Acquired Infection Kills Researcher
- 2009: University of Chicago Researcher Dies of Plague
Chemical Reaction
- 2015: Texas Tech Acid Waste Explosion
- 2015: University of California Berkeley Explosion
- 2014: University of Minnesota Laboratory Explosion
- 2014: University of Rochester Laboratory Explosion
Chemical Exposure
- 2009: Chemist Dies From Trimethylsilyldiazomethane Exposure
- 1999: Lab Assistant Asphyxiated From Liquid Nitrogen Spill
- 1997: Dimethylmercury Exposure Kills Dartmouth Researcher
Laboratory Fires
- 2015: Laboratory Fire Western Washington University
- 2009: UCLA Researcher Dies from Pyrophoric Chemical Burns
- 2005: Ohio State Laboratory Fire
Equipment
- 2016: University of Hawaii Postdoc Loses Arm in Explosion
- 2012: University of Texas Laboratory Explosion
- 2011: Yale Student Killed by Lathe in Chemistry Lab
- 2006: Nitrogen Dewar Destroys Laboratory at Texas A&M
- 2005: Cleveland State University Biologist Electrocuted