Lab Safety Awareness Week [Feb 10-14]

This week is CSHEMA’s Lab Safety Awareness Week! A week “that recognizes the successes of laboratory health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep our faculty, staff, and students safe.” EH&S is actively participating in and promoting Lab Safety Awareness at USC. And, we’re taking this opportunity to cast a…

Emergency Eyewash/Shower Challenge

Participate and Win! Imagine the following scenario:You are working in the lab, and suddenly, a hazardous liquid splashes across your face and into your eyes. It stings. Your safety depends on your next action. Close your eyes for a moment. Without peaking…describe the route you would take to get to the nearest emergency eyewash/shower station…