<p>True and perhaps the outcome of this will shed light on the entire situation. Once companies or institutions have done everything necessary to enable people to work in a safe environment is it always about personal responsibility. I worked a few years ago for a company that had a number of different labs and plant environments. The company was huge on safety and had a record to go along with that both in their technical centers and in the plants. </p>
<p>The office was also intolerant or people who flaunted rules and those people found themselves on strike one on their way out the door. I worked in the offices and we were told to wear “cut gloves” if we were using a box cutter to open a package and cut gloves were everywhere. When I went to work there I thought that was the silliest thing I had every heard, but it spoke volumes about the culture. “Put a cut glove on” would ring out of someone saw someone grabbing a box cutter to open a box of literature. The “culture” of higher ed and really any company and how they view these labs is also an aspect of this story.</p>