Submarines and Research Safety

Submarines and Research Safety

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: ยท Nature is an indiscriminate executioner: Nature does not...
In Research- Sometimes Things Just Go Sideways

In Research- Sometimes Things Just Go Sideways

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...