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5 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Pages 95-102

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From page 95...
... Researchers Beyond Chemistry Research Clearly other research units in colleges and universities are affected by the organizational factors outlined in this report. Organizational structure, reporting relationships, evaluation criteria, funding and time pressures, workload, and workplace stress are not unique to chemistry research.
From page 96...
... Institution-Wide Dynamics and Resources The broad institutional setting in which research takes place can strongly influence whether university laboratories develop and sustain a strong, positive safety culture. Specifically, the level of importance attached to safety by university leadership, the way these leaders promote safety as a core institutional value, the way they direct resources, and the structure of incentives and reporting relationships they support all affect the degree of priority given to safety practices.
From page 97...
... Finding 5: There is a lack of clarity and consistency about safety roles and responsibilities across the university, particularly among faculty, researchers, and environmental health and safety personnel. Recommendation 4: University presidents and chancellors should establish policy and deploy resources to maximize a
From page 98...
... These leaders should develop risk management plans and mechanisms with input from faculty, students, environmental health and safety staff, and administrative stakeholders and ensure that other university leaders, including provosts, vice presidents for research, deans, chief administrative officers, and department chairs, do so as well. Research Group Dynamics Many research groups have differential power dynamics, which, if not appropriately addressed, can work against the development of a strong, positive safety culture.
From page 99...
... Recommendation 6: Department chairs should provide a mechanism for creating a robust safety collaboration between researchers, principal investigators, and environmental health and safety personnel. Data, Hazard Identification, and Analysis In addition to improving the organizational dynamics that drive safety practice, laboratories have a need for data and to conduct analyses that will help them identify and mitigate hazards.
From page 100...
... Another way to identify hazards is to conduct hazard analysis, a process to assess risks and their consequences and ensure that they are mitigated or eliminated before any lab work is initiated. The list of findings, conclusions, and recommendations below address issues of Data, Hazard Identification, and Analysis.
From page 101...
... Recommendation 8: The researcher and principal investiga tor should incorporate hazard analysis into laboratory note books prior to experiments, integrate hazard analysis into the research process, and ensure that it is specific to the laboratory and research topic area. Training and Learning Training in safety practices -- both initial training and ongoing mentoring and support -- is an essential element in developing and sustaining a strong, positive safety culture.
From page 102...
... Recommendation 9: Department leaders and principal inves tigators, in partnership with environmental health and safety personnel, should develop and implement actions and activities to complement initial, ongoing, and periodic refresher training. This training should ensure understanding and the ability to execute proper protective measures to mitigate potential haz ards and associated risks.


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