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| Student Safety in Science Labs |
| Andrew Minister, Battelle |
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Every year, many students are burned or injured during science demonstrations. In November 2013, the US Chemical Safety Board published a safety video to highlight the problem and to urge school administrators to implement changes to protect students; yet such incidents continue to occur. The 2015 edition of NFPA 45 has a new chapter that focuses on preventing these accidents and minimizing the hazard to the students. This presentation will examine the causes of these events and present controls and methods designed to prevent injuries while meeting the new requirements that are retroactive for schools.
Presented by:
Andrew Minister, Battelle
Andrew Minister is Chief Fire Protection Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Andy is a registered fire protection engineer with over 40 years of experience. He is the technical group leader for fire protection and is responsible for supporting other Worker Safety & Health and ES&H activities. He has been a principal member of the NFPA Technical Committee of Laboratories Using Chemicals since 1995 and Chair since 2007. He is also a member of the UL 1275 Standards Technical Panel on Flammable Liquid Storage Cabinets. He provided technical reviews for International Atomic Energy Agency publications, and has presented papers nationally and internationally. He has also provided consulting and training to other national laboratories and universities with their laboratory fire protection programs.
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