Laboratory safety
The Laboratory Safety program provides guidance on the safe use of chemical agents in research and laboratories on campus. We provide information on proper use, storage and disposal of chemicals and other hazardous materials.
- NEW! Laboratory supervisors
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Special hazards
- Fume hoods
- Chemical storage
- Laboratory decommissioning/close-out
- Lab inspections
- Chemical inventories
- TDG
Many common hazards at different risk levels are found among research laboratories.
Lab safety alerts serve as a learning tool for lab personnel and students to review incidents, the underlying causes, and learning outcomes to work safely within laboratories.
- August 2024 - household equipment fire in lab
- May 2023 - improper hazardous waste disposal
- September 23, 2022 - chemical leak in office
- July 28, 2022 - boron trifluoride gas release
- May 2022 - drying oven fire
- December 2021 - stench chemical release
- March 2021 - aqua regia waste explosion
- February 2021 - defective chemical container
- August 2020 - chemical explosion
- May 2012 - acid waste disposal