From: Rita Kay Calhoun <r.calhoun**At_Symbol_Here**MOREHEADSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Overnight reaction form / Working alone situations in academic laboratories
Date: April 12, 2013 12:31:48 PM EDT
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Just be sure that any “sticker” you use is not visible to the public.  You don’t want to announce to the “creeps, etc.” that there is a person working alone.  When I was in grad school a fellow grad student was raped and killed while working alone in lab.

 

Kay

 

From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of Leogane Olivier
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 10:37 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Overnight reaction form / Working alone situations in academic laboratories

 

Hi group,

 

I have 2 questions for those working in academic laboratories.

 

1.       Have you ever experienced any situations where an overnight reaction form

has been precious for the emergency response ?

 

2.       Another common practice in academic research and even more at risk, is working alone in the laboratory.

Even if it is strongly discouraged, it is part of the academic culture. I am trying to implement a new system

with removable stickers to at least inform people outside the lab (security, etc…) that someone is running

experience alone in the lab. So I would like to receive some feedbacks, sharing experience on how

people manage this situation.

 

Thanks for any help on this.

 

Have a good day

 

 

 

__________________________________________

Olivier LEOGANE, Ph.D,

EHS officer, Chemical safety

University of Montreal

Office F-505 - Roger Gaudry Building

Phone : (514)343-6111 ext 2824
Email : o.leogane**At_Symbol_Here**umontreal.ca

Webpage: http://www.dps.umontreal.ca/sante-securite/risques-chimiques/

 

 

 

 

 

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