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Safety Committee Infographic
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Who?
The Fellow’s Safety Committee
Grassroots movement to talk about safety concerns in and out of the laboratory
What?
A safe space to discuss concerns and create a collective knowledge
A holistic approach to safety:
Laboratory safety
Fire safety
Pedestrian/cyclist safety
Food/food truck safety
Personal safety
First aid
Environmental concerns
When & Where?
Meetings are a combination of virtual and in-person, socially distanced events held once a month
All fellows are welcome, including undergraduates, interns, postbacs, grad students, medical students, postdocs, and clinical fellows!
Why?
Laboratory jobs come with hazards that require experienced and nuanced risk assessments
In the last 20 years:*
120 academic research laboratory accidents
87 laboratory evacuations
96 serious injuries
3 deaths
⅓ of injury reports are student employees in some locations*
Benefits of joining the committee
Leadership opportunities
Service opportunities
Safety skills training for any research-based career (academic, government, industry, administrative)
Networking across Institutes and Centers at NIH
Networking with Division of Occupational Health and Safety professionals
