20th Jan 2021

CHG 4307 DGD 2

Group 03
Name Student # Email
Sophie Cobbold (Lead) 300018953 scobb058@uottawa.ca
Chloé Richard (Scribe) 8725971 crich129@uottawa.ca
Justin Raymond 8865105 jraym012@uottawa.ca
Joseph Habib Absi 300024103 jabsi008@uottawa.ca
Rémy Pellerin 300044213 rpell018@uottawa.ca
Isabelle Parthenais 300021471 ipart076@uottawa.ca
Azfar Azfar 8224174 aazfa079@uottawa.ca
Theo Bologa 8542543 abolo048@uottawa.ca
May Ourabi 300036529 moura034@uottawa.ca
Sean Gariano 300014301 sgari006@uottawa.ca

Video 1 - CSB video excerpts from Dr. Trevor Kletz:

● ‘’If you think safety is expensive, try an accident’’ : Loss of potential life, loss of equipment, and loss of
reputation/trust in company
● “Organizations have no memory, only people have memory” : after people leave an organization, the
previously established safety guidelines lose emphasis
● Important to document near-misses and ask ourselves the following: How can we improve and ensure this
doesn’t happen again? Safety culture is extremely important.
● While accidents are caused by human error, this is not a helpful fact: it is important to fix systems to
ensure risks are low and people are aware of hazards/follow rules
Video 2 - Experimenting with Danger:
UCLA: Sheri died from Chemical Fire Dec 29th 2008.
● Employed as a research assistant from the university. Was not wearing correct PPE
● In reports prior, PPE was not being enforced in lab and didn’t take proper action to fix it
● Education on lab safety and culture should be a priority, as much as excellence is a priority
● Management’s responsibility to provide adequate training and properly document it. In this case, it was
said training was not but there is no record of it

Accidental poisoning at Dartmouth: ​Aug 1996:

● Insufficient safety evaluation done by the school. Unfortunately, cannot solely rely on supplier safety
information
● Whenever confronted with toxic material, you should take the highest possible precautions. We must learn
everything we can about toxic materials

Explosion Texas Tech

● They were unaware of 100mg limit for explosive materials and were not provided adequate safety training
for explosives. Material exploded and caused severe injuries.
● Often, blame is placed on individual, but it is truly management’s responsibility to implement proper safety
management and culture
● Accident and near miss documentation must be done, and PPE must be worn at all times. These must be
done even if it is not enforced by a higher body
● There needed to also be a change in the organizational structure in safety management: Individuals who
were responsible for doing safety inspections did not have any authority over lab or principle investigators
● Often, training/messaging is focused on health hazards and not enough on physical hazards