EHS, in partnership with the Office of Research and Economic Development, sponsors a spring and fall Laboratory Safety Colloquium Series for Principle Investigators, research staff, and graduate students.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
The next Laboratory Safety Colloquium is scheduled for April 18, 2012.
Dan Olsen, CHMM, and Patrick Dussault, Ph.D., will share their expertise on "Safe Handling: Unstable, Reactive & Energetic Chemicals."
Be sure to attend if your laboratory uses chemicals such as: azides, picric acid, nitrocellulose, peroxide-formers (e.g., ethyl ether, THF, styrene), metal hydrides, low-molecular weight alkynes, reactive organometallics, or any other energetic materials.
There will be two sessions (one on each campus) for your convenience. Select the session you wish to attend and mark your calendar. Pre-registration is not required.
For more information on this session or to suggest future colloquium topics contact Elizabeth (Betsy) Howe at ehowe2@unl.edu or (402) 472-5488.
Previous Sessions
Safe Handling: Highly Toxic Chemicals, Reproductive Toxins (Mutagens & Teratogens) and Biologically-derived Toxins" - October 2011
Presentation
Video
Outline
Resources
Flammable-Corrosive-Toxic Gas Safety - February 2011
Presentation
Video (run time: 27 minutes)
Pyrophorics (Air-Sensitive) Chemical Safety - September 2010
Presentation
Video (run time: 54 minutes)
Cryogen Safety - February 2010
Presentation
Video (run time: 25 minutes)
Steam Sterilization Using Autoclaves - September 2009
Laser Safety: Hazards, Bioeffects, and Control Measures - February 2009
Presentation
Handout: Choosing Eyewear: Questions for Optical Density Calculations
Centrifuges: Research or Rocket? - September 2008
Presentation
Video (run time: 44 minutes)
Handout 1: Maintenance (swinging rotors)
Handout 2: Maintenance (general)
Preventing Laboratory Fires - March 2008
Presentation
Tri-State Flashover Video (run time: 7:05)
Preventing Laboratory Fires Video (run time: 53 minutes)
Laboratory Fire Hazards
Chemical Safety: What you don't know can hurt you! - September 2007
Presentation
Video (run time: 46 minutes)
Chemical Trivia
Exposure Control - Ventilated Hoods, Cabinets, & More - February 2007
Presentation Slides | Video 9 (for slide 8) | Video 11 (for slide 9)
Video (run time: 58 minutes)
Fume Hood Basics Video (run time: 5 minutes) QuickTime ‹ MediaPlayer
Electrical Safety in the Laboratory - September 2006
Video (run time: 45 minutes)
Compressed Gas Cylinders - February 2006
Video (run time: 45 minutes)
* Sponsored by Environmental Health and Safety in collaboration with the Office of Research & Economic Development.
