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Fire as a result of tar dripping into a Chemistry Department laboratory [York University]
A fire broke out in the Chemistry department, probably caused by hot tar dripping in through the roof, causing a full evacuation and impacting lectures and student interviews.
www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/fire-reported-at-chemistry-department/
Student asphyxiated as a result of hair being caught in a lathe [Yale University]
A student died in a Chemistry laboratory as a result of her hair being caught in a fast spinning lathe, asphyxiating her.
www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/04/13/news/doc4da58c22c4b1f135149346.txt
A Solvent cabinet shelf collapses, spilling a large volume of hexane which eventually ignites [Ohio State University]
www.thelantern.com/2.1345/fire-breaks-out-in-campus-lab-1.85303
Laboratory fire caused by the solvent hexane [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
A fire that began when a researcher in a chemistry lab accidentally broke a bottle of a flammable solvent closed parts of the main campus for several hours.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1998/fire-1028.html
A students dies from injuries sustained in a fire caused by tert-butyllithium [University of California]
A research assistant in the University of California, Los Angeles, department of chemistry and biochemistry died from injuries sustained in a laboratory fire.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i04/8704news1.html
Nobel Laureate K. Barry Sharpless blinded in one eye due to lack of safety glasses
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1992/safety-0311.html
Catastrophic fire caused by benzene solvent still [University of California, Irvine]
An explosion and fire ripped through a UC Irvine chemistry lab, injuring a researcher and forcing evacuation of two buildings.
http://web.chemistry.auckland.ac.nz/staff-profile-jahia.aspx?staffid=247
Explosion caused by mixing acid with chemical waste [U of Maryland]
Students were conducting an experiment using nitric acid and sulfuric acid. The combination of these 2 acids does not normally cause such a violent reaction, however, when the combined product was introduced into a chemical waste container; a violent chemical reaction occurred causing an explosion with fire.
http://pgfdpio.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/university-of-maryland-chemical.html
Danger associated with nickel hydrazine perchlorate [Texas Tech]
http://cen.acs.org/articles/88/i34/Texas-Tech-Lessons.html
The death of a French professor in a laboratory explosion caused by ethene in pressure vessel [National Institution of Higher Learning in Chemistry, France]
The death of a French professor in a loboratory explosion in March was a shocking reminder that research can be a risky business.
www.bnl.gov/esh/shsd/PDF/How_Dangerous_is_Chemistry_Article1.pdf
Explosion caused by thionyl chloride [Merkert Chemistry Center in Boston]
A Boston College doctoral student suffered minor injuries at a lab when a chemical used in making mustard gas and methamphetamine exploded in her hand.
www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2011/06/26/boston_college_student_hurt_in_lab_accident/

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