Safety at university laboratories

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<p>And another one from the Yale Daily today:</p>

<p>[Safety</a> practices altered after death | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/apr/17/safety-practices-altered-after-death/]Safety”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/apr/17/safety-practices-altered-after-death/)</p>

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Just days after the tragic death of Michele Dufault ’11, the University is already shoring up safety practices in its shops and labs.

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<p>and from a few days ago:</p>

<p>[Yale</a> to investigate accident | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/apr/14/yale-osha-begin-investigations/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/apr/14/yale-osha-begin-investigations/)</p>

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Word of the tragedy spread quickly in the academic world. Stan Cotreau, the head of Harvard’s machine shop, called the accident “horrible,” but added that he cannot comment on safety procedures until the facts are clear.</p>

<p>The University of California, Irvine’s environmental health and safety coordinator, Joe Rizkallah, sent an email to his university’s engineering staff Wednesday to remind them that “safety, with or without machining equipment, is a shared responsibility between the student, faculty, school administration, EH&S and the university.”

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