chemistry educators – ACS Chemical Health and Safety Division

ACS Webinar: Changing the Culture of Chemistry – Safety in the Lab

Speakers at the webinar included:

Mary Beth Mulcahy, Manager in the Global Chemical and Biological Security group at Sandia National Laboratories, Editor-in-Chief of ACS Chemical Health & Safety
Michael B. Blayney, Executive Director, Research Safety at Northwestern University
Monica Mame Soma Nyansa, Ph.D. Student, Michigan Technological University
Kali Miller, Managing Editor, ACS Publications

https://axial.acs.org/2021/06/01/lab-safety-webinar-on-demand/?utm_source=pubs_content_marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PUBS_0621_JHS_axialnewsletter0521&src=PUBS_0621_JHS_axialnewsletter0521&ref=pubs_content_marketing_email_PUBS_0621_JHS_axialnewsletter0521

The session closed with a question-and-answer session moderated by Kali Miller, an ACS Publications Managing Editor, where all three panelists were able to share more insights and advice.

June 10, 2021

CHAS Workshop: Empowering academic researchers to strengthen safety culture, October 17 2021

This 4-hour workshop is primarily directed at frontline researchers in academic institutions: graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and undergraduate students. Faculty and safety staff are also very much encouraged to participate.

Workshop goals are to:

Educate participants about the value of risk assessment
Guide participants towards gaining awareness of safety culture messages from the leadership at their institutions
Empower participants to expand their safety networks and develop laboratory safety teams.

The next workshop is scheduled for Sunday, October 17, 2021 from 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Eastern Time. The workshop is $25 per participant. To register for this workshop date, please follow this link to our Eventbrite registration page. If you have any questions about the workshop, please email lstworkshop@dchas.org.

For more information:

To see our Zotero list of Lab Safety Team resources. visit this page.

For information about the history of the workshop, visit this page.

June 7, 2021

“Improving Chemical Safety in Schools” Workshop at SERMACS

Sammye Sigmann presented a workshop on laboratory safety resources from the American Chemical Society and other organizations for the teaching environment at the secondary and undergraduate level. Topics addressed include:

Conceptual overview of teacher liability relative to lab safety
The ins and outs of the Globally Harmonized System and Safety Data Sheets
Risk Assessment models for common teaching demonstrations
Evaluation of on line videos demonstrating chemistry

PDF versions of her materials for this workshop are linked to below below.

Improving Chemical Safety in Schools presentation file S.B. Sigmann

Workshop handouts

November 13, 2017

2016 BCCE Lab Risk Assessment Presentations

The links below provide access to risk assessment presentations and tools for teaching laboratories and chemistry demonstrations presented at the 2016 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE). The presentations were made by Ralph Stuart of Keene State College and Sammye Sigmann of Appalachian State University. These documents are still in development and they would appreciate questions and comments about ways to improve them.

Presentation on Hazard and Risk Assessment for Chemical Demonstrations

Samuella B. Sigmann, NRCC-CHO Appalachian State University
Irene Cesa Flinn Scientific (ret.) and
Monique Wilham University of Michigan – Flint

Presentation: Chemical Demonstrations: Assessing Hazard and Risk

Text document: Aligning risk assessment questions with ACS CHED Demonstration guidelines

Text document: Sample Risk Assessment for the “Elephant’s Toothpaste” demonstration

Presentation on Meeting New Chemical Safety Expectations in Instructional Laboratories

Lab Risk Assessment Workbook
(Excel, Beta Version)

July 23, 2016

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