The JST will be putting on its 3rd annual Safety Week! Book your calendars – this will be taking place the week of May 13th – 17th. The event list will be finalized shortly, be on the lookout for flyers, emails, and other announcements!
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Nano Safety Workshop 2/28/2019
2019 Nano Safety Workshop – February 28, 2019
1:15 PM – 4:50 PM
190 Engineering Sciences Building
MRL is a facility that brings in researchers and students from many different backgrounds. In the research environment, work and studies with nanomaterials is steadily growing. This workshop is for all involved with nanomaterial research to help educate them how to properly handle nanomaterials and how to protect themselves. Educating others is a promising way to help our MRL facility and other labs on campus stay a safe environment for research.
Follow this link for more information regarding the speakers and to register for the workshop:
Thank you Volunteers!
Thank you to all of the volunteers that helped make the TA training workshop a success!
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Volunteers Needed for TA Training
The Joint Safety Team (JST) wants your help!
During this training, graduate student volunteers will “role-play” as students that do not follow standard lab rules (shorts in the lab, no safety goggles, etc.). The TA’s will have to identify the problem and intervene in the appropriate way. Afterwards, the graduate student volunteers will give feedback to the trainees.
We hope that this training session helps the lab TA’s feel more comfortable in a position of authority. This will improve communication between TA and student and help to mitigate potential incidents throughout the semester. Plus, it should be fun for graduate students to be the “bad students”, so please sign-up!
We need 12 volunteers for each day of the training.
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 5:30-7:15 PM, 1006/1007 Chem Annex
Thursday, Aug. 30, 6:00-7:30 PM, 1006/1007 Chem Annex
Pizza and pop will be available for all volunteers, plus we will be raffling prizes!
Sign-up at the following link! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_gEk3CH8tHfUHwmVZYA_jqew3rn0gsrAGpC6MeqJxA-nWlQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who turned out for our second annual safety week! Thank you in particular to Stephanie Hess, Brian Meschewski, Irv Potts, and Kali Serrano for giving great seminars, Jeremy Leevey of Urbana Fire for letting us put out some fires, and finally our Fisher and Kimberly Clark vendors for providing some goodies!
Great BBQ with Urbana Fire!
Thanks Jeremy Leevey of the Urbana Fire Department for leading live fire extinguisher training at the DCGSAC/JST barbecue this afternoon! We had a great turnout and look forward to next year!
Safety BBQ Today!
Today is the last day of Safety Week 2018! There will be a live review of fire extinguisher use with the Urbana Fire Department starting at 4:30—come and put out a fire! Then grab some grilled goodies from DCGSAC at 5:00 to celebrate the absence of undergraduates and the coming summer months!
Safety Week: Thursday
Come learn about how we can all improve laboratory safety in an academic setting today from 1:00-2:00 pm in RAL 116. UIUC’s own Kali Serrano will be presenting an abbreviated seminar from ACS NOLA! Tomorrow is the final day of Safety Week 2018, culminating with the Safety BBQ and Fire Extinguisher training:
Friday, May 18th: 4:30-6:00, between RAL and CLSL-B: Safety BBQ and Fire Extinguisher Training
- Review proper fire extinguisher technique with the Urbana Fire Department starting at 4:30, and grilled goodies from DCGSAC starting at 5:00
Safety Week: Wednesday
Safety week continues today with a seminar from Dr. Irv Potts, Dow EH&S leader in R&D from 4:00-5:00 pm in RAL 116. Come hear about safety program collaborations that Dow has formed with universities as well as what a prominent industrial safety culture looks like. See below for the remaining events of Safety Week 2018:
Thursday, May 17th, 1:00-2:00 pm in RAL 116: Graduate Student Leadership in Laboratory Safety
- An abbreviated seminar from ACS NOLA with Kali Serrano, PhD Candidate, Braun Group, UIUC
Friday, May 18th: 4:30-6:00, between RAL and CLSL-B: Safety BBQ and Fire Extinguisher Training
- Review proper fire extinguisher technique with the Urbana Fire Department starting at 4:30, and grilled goodies from DCGSAC starting at 5:00
Safety Week: Tuesday
Safety week officially kicks off today with DCGSAC’s Suggest and Digest going on RIGHT NOW in the CLSL-A atrium until 12:00! The fun continues with a presentation from DRS about the disposal of chemical waste in RAL 116 from 1:00-2:00. DRS is also willing to answer any questions you may have about who they are as an organization. There are lots more events to go this week too—see below for what’s coming up:
Wednesday, May 16th, 4:00-5:00 pm in RAL 116: Safety in Industry at Dow Chemical
- An overview of Dow safety programs and collaborations with universities with Irv Potts, Dow EH&S Leader in R&D
Thursday, May 17th, 1:00-2:00 pm in RAL 116: Graduate Student Leadership in Laboratory Safety
- An abbreviated seminar from ACS NOLA with Kali Serrano, PhD Candidate, Braun Group, UIUC
Friday, May 18th: 4:30-6:00, between RAL and CLSL-B: Safety BBQ and Fire Extinguisher Training
- Review proper fire extinguisher technique with the Urbana Fire Department starting at 4:30, and grilled goodies from DCGSAC starting at 5:00