General Laboratory Safety Video
Experimenting with Danger (24:04)
This video, produced by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, addresses hazards associated with conducting research in chemical laboratories at academic institutions, drawing lessons from past accidents.
Session 1: Introduction (0:00-4:07)
Session 2: UCLA burnt accident from pyrophoric tertiary butyllithium (4:08-7:46)
Session 3: Dartmouth mercury poisoning accident (7:47-11:11)
Session 4 & 5: Texas Tech University explosion accident (11:12-20:29)
Session 6: Key lesson learnt (20:30-24:04)