Laboratory Accidents
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UCSB Accidents
- Acetyl Bromide Spill 2021
- Acetone Bottle Broke 2021
- HF Lecture Bottle Explosion
- Rupture of Glass Vacuum Flask
- Incompatible Chemicals Explosion
- Chemical Splash on Face
- Failure of High-pressure Vessel
- Flash Fire from Loss of Cooling Water
- Earthquake Damage to Labs
- Exploding Refrigerator
Accidents at Other Universities
- HF exposure and response
- UCI Major Lab Fire
- UCLA Lab Fire Fatality
- New UCLA Center for Laboratory Safety
- Fire Destroys OSU Lab
- Chemical stored on the floor causes UC Santa Cruz Lab Fire
- Lab Fire University of Texas-1996
- Professor Fired for Safety Violations
- Sodium Quenching Injury
- Working Alone in Lab- Incident
- Chemical Demonstration Injures Students
- Hawaii U fined 1.2 million for Hazardous Waste Violations
- Mercury Poisoning Fatality in Laboratory
- HF Poisoning Fatality
- Chemical Fume Hood Fire
- Other Lab Accidents Link
- Serious injuries in Texas Tech lab explosion
- Fatality in Yale Chemistry machine shop
- Professor barred from lab for dangerous experiments