Establishing rules, programs, and policies for laboratory safety and security is of no value if organizational leaders do not enforce them and if laboratory managers and workers do not follow them.

Workplace safety in a manufacturing environment has three components. The company must eliminate hazards, put in place policies that protect workers and then workers must follow the rules. Basic ...

“A rules-based approach to chemical safety education and information is inadequate,” said Ralph Stuart during a symposium at last month’s American Chemical Society national meeting in San Diego.

Assessments of environmental health and safety conditions in the University of Nevada, Reno laboratories will be conducted on a regular and continuing basis in order to evaluate compliance with ...