• Question: What is the most dangerous thing that you have dealt with in the workplace? What did you do to stop it?

    Asked by -=Initiate=- to Alessandra, Dimitrios, Niamh, Becky, Stacey on 21 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Stacey Marple

      Stacey Marple answered on 21 Jun 2017:

      I have experienced people removing safety interlocks (mechanical or electrical which protect people from voltage or machinery). We rectified the issue immediately, then did a process called Route Cause Analysis to find out why the safety interlocks were removed. This showed that people did not understand the risk of removing the interlocks. We re-trained people, explaining the risks.

    • Photo: Niamh Ryall

      Niamh Ryall answered on 21 Jun 2017:

      Waste in the lab from other peoples samples. It’s extremely difficult to deal with chemicals when you don’t know exactly what it is! I have dealt with it all though by asking other peoples opinions. I got rid of of loads of old samples so our lab doesn’t have so much rubbish anymore.

    • Photo: Alessandra Treviso

      Alessandra Treviso answered on 23 Jun 2017:

      I didn’t have to face anything really dangerous. I did some acoustic tests once and the noise was so loud that we needed ear defenders or we could get permanent damage. Then everytime I go to the lab there are basic Healthy&Safety procedures I have to comply with, for example, wearing goggles, gloves to handle parts and other hazardous materials, wearing solid shoes.

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