About This Archive  | DCHAS-L 2021 Index   | DCHAS-L Yearly Index
person wearing a disposable face shield and surgical style mask

Check out Safety Emporium for your N95, N99, and face shield needs.

Previous by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] DOE Lab Lesson Learned: Electrical Safety
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 2:43:39 PM
Author: Yaritza Brinker <YBrinker**At_Symbol_Here**FELE.COM> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Respirator Cartridges: Single Purpose vs. Combination
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 21:10:09 -0500
Author: John Callen

From: Jeffrey Lewin <jclewin**At_Symbol_Here**MTU.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] DOE Lab Lesson Learned: Electrical Safety
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:08:36 -0400
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Message-ID: CAEwQnqgMCue8n4VrYVhEVuffQ+eq9c4FCgYdkFNw6Uw37O_3EQ**At_Symbol_Here**mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To <1A97AE74-A7FC-4687-9612-A42FB50B6402**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org>


I think the message is that researchers when following the manufacturer's instructions can check and change user serviceable parts (lamps, fuses, etc.) but if you plan to open up a panel and work on live circuits you need to be an electrically "qualified person" as defined by OSHA.

Jeff

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 1:30 PM CHAS membership <membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org> wrote:
> >This isn't wrong, but I'm not sure it's particularly useful, either.

You're correct - in my mind that is a key challenge in writing Lessons Learned reports. Is the goal of these report to identify a "root cause" or corrective action related to a specific incident, or is it to raise awareness of the safety elements of the situation being discussed that contributed to the event?

I think that the DOE report is more helpful for the second purpose than the first.

Thanks for your comment on this.

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Membership Chair
American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Health and Safety
membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org

---
For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org
Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas


--
Jeff Lewin
Director of Chemical Laboratory Operations
Research Integrity Office
Laboratory Operations
205 Lakeshore Center
Michigan Technological University

--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas

Previous post   |  Top of Page   |   Next post


The content of this page reflects the personal opinion(s) of the author(s) only, not the American Chemical Society, ILPI, Safety Emporium, or any other party. Use of any information on this page is at the reader's own risk. Unauthorized reproduction of these materials is prohibited. Send questions/comments about the archive to secretary@dchas.org.
The maintenance and hosting of the DCHAS-L archive is provided through the generous support of Safety Emporium.