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Creating Safety Cultures in Academic Institutions
The safety culture of an institution is a reflection of the actions, attitudes, and behaviors of its members concerning safety. These members include the managers, supervisors, and employees in the industrial and governmental communities; and the faculty, staff, and students in the academic community. Serious chemical or laboratory incidents within an organization are often thought to be the result of a weak or deficient safety culture—a principal root cause of the incident.
Safe Science
Promoting a Culture of Safety in Academic Chemical Research
Recent serious and sometimes fatal accidents in chemical research laboratories at United States universities have driven government agencies, professional societies, industries, and universities themselves to examine the culture of safety in research laboratories. These incidents have triggered a broader discussion of how serious incidents can be prevented in the future and how best to train researchers and emergency personnel to respond appropriately when incidents do occur. As the priority placed on safety increases, many institutions have expressed a desire to go beyond simple compliance with regulations to work toward fostering a strong, positive safety culture: affirming a constant commitment to safety throughout their institutions, while integrating safety as an essential element in the daily work of laboratory researchers.
ChemView
"To improve chemical safety and provide more streamlined access to information on chemicals, EPA has built and is constantly expanding content in ChemView, which greatly improves access to health and safety data on chemicals regulated under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act which amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It contains information EPA receives and develops about chemicals."
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Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets
An aggregator of What are Material Safety Data Sheets and Safety Data Sheets and related information.
"Prudent Practices in the Laboratory—the book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practice—now features updates and new topics. This revised edition has an expanded chapter on chemical management and delves into new areas, such as nanotechnology, laboratory security, and emergency planning."
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NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
"The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) informs workers, employers, and occupational health professionals about workplace chemicals and their hazards. The NPG gives general industrial hygiene information for hundreds of chemicals/classes. The NPG clearly presents key data for chemicals or substance groupings (such as cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are found in workplaces. The guide offers key facts, but does not give all relevant data. The NPG helps users recognize and control workplace chemical hazards."
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The ACS Center for Lab Safety: Hazards
The following information will:
Familiarize you with the fundamentals of hazard recognition;
Guide you through preparation practices such as scoping and assembling your team;
Offer a number of ways to recognize hazard;
Provide tools (e.g., templates, examples, etc.) that can be shared with your team and used immediately.
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