From: Jyllian Kemsley <jyllian.kemsley**At_Symbol_Here**gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 12:56:18 -0700
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FYI, Chemjobber also posted about this and got a rather disheartening comment from a UC Berkeley grad student about the state of safety culture there:
http://chemjobber.blogspot.com/2015/06/uc-berkeley-safety-report-student.html?showComment=1433427112422#c1878351570237900461

Jyllian

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 4:33 AM, Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org> wrote:

Jyllian Kemsley posted: "From the University of California, Berkeley, a lesson learned about wearing eye protection: A graduate student researcher was working at a laboratory bench synthesizing approximately one gram of diazonium perchlorate crystals. The student was transferrin"

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Lesson learned: Eye protection

by Jyllian Kemsley

Researcher's glasses after explosion. One lens and a temple bar have been blown away. The other lens is shattered. (Credit: UC Berkeley Office of Environment, Health & Safety)

Researcher's glasses after explosion. One lens and a temple bar have been blown away. The other lens is shattered. (Credit: UC Berkeley Office of Environment, Health & Safety)

From the University of California, Berkeley, a lesson learned about wearing eye protection:

A graduate student researcher was working at a laboratory bench synthesizing approximately one gram of diazonium perchlorate crystals. The student was transferring synthesized perchlorate using a metal spatula when the material exploded, sending porcelain fragments into his face. The fragments shattered the lenses of his eyeglasses and lacerated his left cornea.

A researcher in an adjacent room assisted the student to the eyewash and called campus police. The student was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery on his eye, and treatment for several facial lacerations. He was released from the hospital that same evening.

Read the report for more details.

(h/t Chemjobber)

Jyllian Kemsley | June 4, 2015 at 7:30 am | Tags: #eyes, #PPE | Categories: Accidents, Featured, Personal Protective Equipment | URL: http://wp.me/pRCdG-nFv

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