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October 23, 2013

Accidents in the lab and process safety

 A recent fatal accident at a lab in a Chemical Plant in the UK highlights the need to understand that process safety also needs to be taken care of in the lab. Some sources are attributing the explosion was caused by the exposure of trimethylindium, a pyrophoric chemical, to the air.
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In another incident in 2008, a 23 year old Chemistry research student died form burn injuries during a lab experiment. A detailed explanation of the incident is given in this link. 

Personnel working in Labs and R & D's need to exercise the same caution, if not more, as they may be working with certain chemicals which may behave differently under different conditions.Process safety should start from the lab....



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