[Che-student-staff-list] Overview of safety incidents in FRNY during the 2013-2014 academic year

[Nagy, Gabriela]

Hello Everyone,

As the end of the academic year approaches, I would like to update you on the safety incidents/accidents we had in our School in this academic year. 2012-2013 was a "safety incidents free" year, but in 2013-2014 we had 4 reported incidents. Please find attached a document highlighting a summary of the incidents and the measures taken in order to prevent such unpleasant experiences in the future.

Should an accident or incident occur in your lab/office, please let me know  as soon as it happens, so we can work together in completing all required steps and report the incident to REM to comply with Purdue regulations. I also need to keep a copy of the incident report on file.

All accidents or incidents need to be reported to REM using the "First Report of Injury" (FROI) Form located on REM's website: https://www.purdue.edu/rem/home/forms/froi.pdf. You can find the instructions on how fill in the FROI form at the following link: http://www.purdue.edu/rem/injury/froi.htm.

The supervisor will also need to fill in the "Supervisor's accident investigation form" (https://www.purdue.edu/rem/home/forms/saif.pdf ); this is meant to identify the root cause of the accident, so that a relevant corrective action can be taken/implemented.

In addition, I would like to ask you to bring to my attention the near-misses you experience in your lab or office. I would like to develop a database that could be used as a safety resource in preventing a near miss become an accident.

In the future, I plan on sharing these safety incidents with you as soon as I have all the information needed, rather than waiting to compile all of them in an "End of Year Report".  Should you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Sincerely,
Gabriela
On behalf of the ChE Safety Committee

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Gabriela Nagy, PhD
Industrial Education Director
ChE Safety Committee Chair
School of Chemical Engineering
Room FRNY G051
Purdue University
Tel: (765)-496-1710
E-mail: nagyg at purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg at purdue.edu>


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