Does the OceanGate Titan disaster (18 June 2023) have anything to teach research safety professionals? I think it does. There are two axioms in safety that we will need to keep in mind for this post: · Nature is an indiscriminate executioner: Nature does not...
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was a huge supporter of “just-in-time” (JIT) purchasing for small chemical businesses. On reflection, however, I’ve had to temper my enthusiasm for JIT a bit when I saw it drive one client into bankruptcy and another nearly so. If...
Last week I did something that I don’t do often: I walked away from a (potentially) large and intellectually stimulating contract that was well within my company’s wheelhouse. It was not an easy decision. In late 2021, I was approached by a very large...
I get the question at just about every workshop and just recently got it again a few weeks ago. “Do I have to put GHS-type labels on all of my in-use chemicals?
Sometimes things just go sideways I was working with a client conducting cutting-edge research recently when they experienced something completely unexpected. A slight over-pressure in a glass reaction vessel caused one of the ground glass joints to unseat...
This is Part Six in Midwest Chemical Safety's series on Leadership in Environmental Health and Safety. Catch up on the series in sequential order here: Part One: Leaders- Not Managers in EHS Leadership Part Two: Giving Information in EHS Leadership Part Three:...
This is Part Five in Midwest Chemical Safety's series on Leadership in Environmental Health and Safety. Catch up on the series in sequential order here: Part One: Leaders- Not Managers In EHS Leadership Part Two: Giving Information in EHS Leadership Part Three:...
This is Part Four in Midwest Chemical Safety's series on Leadership in Environmental Health and Safety. Catch up on the series in sequential order here: Part One: Leaders- Not Managers in EHS Leadership Part Two: Giving Information in EHS Leadership Part Three:...
This is Part Three in Midwest Chemical Safety's series on Leadership in Environmental Health and Safety. Catch up on the series in sequential order here: Part One: Leaders- Not Managers in EHS Leadership Part Two: Giving Information in EHS Leadership Forming the Group...