The U.S. Chemical Safety Board published a comprehensive list of incidents that involved hazardous chemicals and occurred in laboratories. The list accounts for a total of 261 incidents; The greatest number of incidents was reported for colleges and universities. At those institutions, 147 incidents occurred that resulted in a total of 197 injuries and one fatality.  Rasmussen developed a dynamic model that assumes that the actions of all people inside the risk management framework can either trigger accidental flows or divert normal workflows. This model is applied to the current state of academic laboratory safety in the United States to illustrate flaws of the system and chances for improvement.<br/>

Rasmussen’s risk management framework applied to academic laboratory safety

2019 Fall National Meeting

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