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UCSB Accidents

• 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
• UCLA settlement agreement w/ OSHA for lab fatality
• 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