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LECTURER : Ms Kokila
DATE OF SUBMISSION
: 23/6/2015
CASE 1
Causes of the death of Michele Dufaultand the safety precaution should be taken
ERROR
PROPER WAYS
Machine did not meet national safety Yale Universities have to ensure that all
standards. The lathe,
emergency stop button that could shut off the national standards
and do have
dealing
with
machines
or
any
lab
prevent accidents.
CASE 2
Causes of the death of LA, 2008-23-year-old Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji and the safety
precaution should be taken
Causes
Safety precaution
Not wearing a protective lab coat (Jyllian, Wear protective lab coat, gloves and safety
2009).
Poor training and lack of supervision
glasses.
(Christensen, 2009).
Improper method and equipment used (San
Jos State University, 2012).
reagents.
Read the Material Safety Data Sheet
in
well-ventilated
cupboard.
Improper way to put out fire (Kemsley, Fire extinguishers to be used:
Dry chemical powder
Do not use water
Use the safety shower immediately
Improper storage of flammable liquids and Flammable liquids should be stored at
2009).
REFERENCE
Reference List
1. Christensen, K., 2013. Criminal case in fatal UCLA lab fire advances.
[ONLINE]. Available at: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/26/local/la-meucla-harran-20130827 [Accessed 17 June 2015].
2. Benderly, B.L., 2010.Danger in School Labs: Accidents Haunt Experimental
round-ups.
[Online].
Available
at
http://cenblog.org/the-safety-
at :http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110418/full/472270a.html [Accessed 17
June 2015]
7. Jyllian,N.K.,2009. Learning From UCLA. [Online]. Available at:
http://cen.acs.org/articles/87/i31/Learning-UCLA.html [Accessed 17 June
2015].
8. Kim, C.,2009. Deadly UCLA lab fire leaves haunting questions.[Online].
http://www.sjsu.edu/fdo/docs/EHS_250_Laboratory_Safety_Training.pdf
[Accessed 17 June 2015].
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10. Drew Henderson, Everett Rosenfeld, and Danny Serna., 2011. Michele Dufault