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Building a Safety Culture in Your Lab (CHAS Workshop)
February 25, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST
$25
- Ralph Stuart and Taysir Bader
- Sponsored by the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS)
- 10am-1pm PT, Online via Zoom, $25, Registration Required
A grad student and an EHS staff person discuss how they partner with other lab workers to support a safer lab safety culture.
Workshop topics
- What is safety culture?
- How does risk assessment fit into the laboratory setting?
- What are the opportunities and challenges of organizing for laboratory safety?
- How can we assess where our safety culture is today and determine what direction it is moving in?
About this event
Laboratory organizations are emphasizing the importance of a “safety culture”. However, building a safety culture is a challenge in the lab.
This 3-hour workshop is primarily directed at frontline researchers in academic institutions: graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and undergraduate students. Faculty and safety staff are also very much encouraged to participate.
This workshop is designed to be highly interactive, both to encourage networking among our participants and to support participants in developing functional plans to take back to their institutions. We utilize the Zoom platform to support both large group and small group activities. Those who have reported the workshop as useful are also those who heavily engaged. The participants add value to this workshop as much, if not more than, the organizers!
While we certainly understand that the unevenness of Internet connectivity and the challenges of work-from-home can serve as barriers, we strongly advise you to come to this workshop prepared to engage with mics and cameras on! If this is not possible, we ask that you engage via the chat function.
This workshop is brought to you by the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety. To learn more about the Division, please visit our main website at dchas.org.