Comments on: Independent investigation of lab accident complete

By: walter linton

walter linton — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:11:11 +0000

I should have explained, my comments relate more to the video article rather than the overall article. The report itself is more comprehensive and does identify the underlying cause. In terms of action to prevent recurrence, I think a clear distinction should be made between laboratory safety and process safety. Laboratory safety tends to focus of safe working processes in the lab and hence didn’t identify what was an inevitable explosion. Process safety looks at the inherent hazards which exist in chemical processes and is a very well documented well understood field. The distinction needs to be made between the two in order to address both and arrive at safe working environment.

By: walter linton

walter linton — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 08:26:22 +0000

Hi
This article would be of interest if it explained what actually happened, the learning and what is required to prevent recurrence. I cant see how we can learn anything from this article?

By: Second investigation report released regarding U Hawaii explosion | The Safety Zone

Sat, 02 Jul 2016 01:56:50 +0000

[…] today, the University of Hawaii released a second investigation report into the lab explosion that caused a postdoctoral researcher to lose one of her arms. This report […]