I'd like for you to watch a safety video from the US Chemical Safety Board detailing 3 laboratory accidents in academic research labs.  The first accident details the fire at the UCLA lab that resulted in the death of a staff member.  The second details the death of a research PI from an accidental poisoning.  The third details a serious injury of a graduate student working with pyrophoric materials.  "Experimenting with Danger" http://www.csb.gov/videos/ on page 3. The US CSB indicates several deficiencies associated with each accident, including written safety protocols, proper PPE selection and availability, as well as documented safety training for the specific materials. In  this discussion board, I'd like for you to indicate the one deficiency you feel could have prevented each (1, 2, and 3) accident.  This may be the same for each situation, or this could be different for each.  You may agree with the 3 indicated by the US CSB, or you may feel some other safety measure could have prevented each accident.  I'd also like for you to indicate if the PI for the labs in case study 1 (UCLA) and 3 (Texas Tech) should be held legally liable and why. In order to receive credit for this assignment: 1. Post your opinion on the safety measure as indicated above. 2. Indicate your opinion on liability. .

1. I'd like for you to watch a safety video from the US Chemical
Safety Board detailing 3 laboratory accidents in academic
research labs. The first accident details the fire at the UCLA
lab that resulted in the death of a staff member. The second
details the death of a research PI from an accidental poisoning.
The third details a serious injury of a graduate student working
with pyrophoric materials.
"Experimenting with Danger" http://www.csb.gov/videos/ on
page 3.
The US CSB indicates several deficiencies associated with each
accident, including written safety protocols, proper PPE
selection and availability, as well as documented safety training
for the specific materials.
In this discussion board, I'd like for you to indicate the one
deficiency you feel could have prevented each (1, 2, and 3)
accident. This may be the same for each situation, or this could
be different for each. You may agree with the 3 indicated by
the US CSB, or you may feel some other safety measure could
have prevented each accident.
I'd also like for you to indicate if the PI for the labs in case
study 1 (UCLA) and 3 (Texas Tech) should be held legally
liable and why.
In order to receive credit for this assignment:
1. Post your opinion on the safety measure as indicated above.
2. Indicate your opinion on liability.