Scientific Achievement
JCESR strives to influence safe science among its researchers.
Significance and Impact
JCESR requires researchers to work safely as part of an ongoing safety culture. No injuries, illness or incidents have occurred in benchtop research associated with JCESR projects in the past 14 months.
Research Details
JCESR Operations works to foster JCESR’s safety culture with these six environmental, safety and health (ESH) programs:
- Safety Culture: Site visits and other initiatives supported by JCESR Director to foster safe practices
- Hazard Identification: Hazard and Training Assessment to identify hazards and mitigate risk
- Training: Declaration by researchers of training received and identification of additional training needs
- Preparedness and Risk Reduction: Inspection of labs to identify emergency response preparedness
- Incident Reporting: Reporting and investigating incidents involving JCESR researchers
- Lessons Learned: Sharing lessons learned with JCESR partners and funded collaborators
Work performed at Argonne National Laboratory (JCESR managing partner) by Rupkey, S. in partnership with ESH managers at all partner and funded collaborator sites, J. Chem. Health Safety (2015).
