Fostering a chemistry safety culture despite limited resources: A successful example from academic research laboratories in Argentina

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Fracaroli, Alejandro Matías; Caminos, Daniel Alberto
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2021
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Scientists understand that no result is more important than the welfare of the investigators and the people around them. Safety culture is an integral part of industrial and academic jobs; however, safety training has only recently been added to chemistry classroom and laboratories. Chemistry laboratories expose workers to a variety of hazards, and implementing safety programs and regulations requires both changes and investment to improve the culture of safety. However, scientific research in developing countries frequently involves using creative alternatives to overcome obstacles related to limited financial resources. Therefore, we developed a 12 steps strategy termed Safety Watch, to foster chemistry safety culture in research laboratories without substantial financial resources. A significant milestone in this strategy was a Hygiene and Safety Internal Advising Committee (H&SIAC) composed of self-motivated researchers and students who allocated part of their time to detect, develop, and implement low-cost solutions to reduce or eliminate safety hazards. After almost 15 years, this safety watch has led to sustainable growth in the personnel safety culture, and concomitantly, promoted institutional support and attracted the necessary investment. We believe this bottom-up approach, where the safety culture is improved first by the laboratory workers, making the necessary investment easier to obtain later, is a model that can be applied to other research laboratories with similar work environments.
Fil: Fracaroli, Alejandro Matías. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Caminos, Daniel Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba; Argentina
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LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PROBLEM SOLVING/DECISION MAKING
SAFETY/HAZARDS
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fostering a chemistry safety culture despite limited resources: A successful example from academic research laboratories in Argentina
title Fostering a chemistry safety culture despite limited resources: A successful example from academic research laboratories in Argentina
spellingShingle Fostering a chemistry safety culture despite limited resources: A successful example from academic research laboratories in Argentina
Fracaroli, Alejandro Matías
CONTINUING EDUCATION
GRADUATE EDUCATION/RESEARCH
LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PROBLEM SOLVING/DECISION MAKING
SAFETY/HAZARDS
title_short Fostering a chemistry safety culture despite limited resources: A successful example from academic research laboratories in Argentina
title_full Fostering a chemistry safety culture despite limited resources: A successful example from academic research laboratories in Argentina
title_fullStr Fostering a chemistry safety culture despite limited resources: A successful example from academic research laboratories in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Fostering a chemistry safety culture despite limited resources: A successful example from academic research laboratories in Argentina
title_sort Fostering a chemistry safety culture despite limited resources: A successful example from academic research laboratories in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fracaroli, Alejandro Matías
Caminos, Daniel Alberto
author Fracaroli, Alejandro Matías
author_facet Fracaroli, Alejandro Matías
Caminos, Daniel Alberto
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author2 Caminos, Daniel Alberto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CONTINUING EDUCATION
GRADUATE EDUCATION/RESEARCH
LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PROBLEM SOLVING/DECISION MAKING
SAFETY/HAZARDS
topic CONTINUING EDUCATION
GRADUATE EDUCATION/RESEARCH
LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PROBLEM SOLVING/DECISION MAKING
SAFETY/HAZARDS
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Scientists understand that no result is more important than the welfare of the investigators and the people around them. Safety culture is an integral part of industrial and academic jobs; however, safety training has only recently been added to chemistry classroom and laboratories. Chemistry laboratories expose workers to a variety of hazards, and implementing safety programs and regulations requires both changes and investment to improve the culture of safety. However, scientific research in developing countries frequently involves using creative alternatives to overcome obstacles related to limited financial resources. Therefore, we developed a 12 steps strategy termed Safety Watch, to foster chemistry safety culture in research laboratories without substantial financial resources. A significant milestone in this strategy was a Hygiene and Safety Internal Advising Committee (H&SIAC) composed of self-motivated researchers and students who allocated part of their time to detect, develop, and implement low-cost solutions to reduce or eliminate safety hazards. After almost 15 years, this safety watch has led to sustainable growth in the personnel safety culture, and concomitantly, promoted institutional support and attracted the necessary investment. We believe this bottom-up approach, where the safety culture is improved first by the laboratory workers, making the necessary investment easier to obtain later, is a model that can be applied to other research laboratories with similar work environments.
Fil: Fracaroli, Alejandro Matías. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Caminos, Daniel Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba; Argentina
description Scientists understand that no result is more important than the welfare of the investigators and the people around them. Safety culture is an integral part of industrial and academic jobs; however, safety training has only recently been added to chemistry classroom and laboratories. Chemistry laboratories expose workers to a variety of hazards, and implementing safety programs and regulations requires both changes and investment to improve the culture of safety. However, scientific research in developing countries frequently involves using creative alternatives to overcome obstacles related to limited financial resources. Therefore, we developed a 12 steps strategy termed Safety Watch, to foster chemistry safety culture in research laboratories without substantial financial resources. A significant milestone in this strategy was a Hygiene and Safety Internal Advising Committee (H&SIAC) composed of self-motivated researchers and students who allocated part of their time to detect, develop, and implement low-cost solutions to reduce or eliminate safety hazards. After almost 15 years, this safety watch has led to sustainable growth in the personnel safety culture, and concomitantly, promoted institutional support and attracted the necessary investment. We believe this bottom-up approach, where the safety culture is improved first by the laboratory workers, making the necessary investment easier to obtain later, is a model that can be applied to other research laboratories with similar work environments.
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