Thank you to all those who attended the September LSO Meeting! We covered a chemical exposure incident review and the importance of laboratory cleanliness. September 2020 LSO Meeting Slides

Thank you to all our attendees at our June LSO Meeting! We covered the topic of nanomaterials safety. Please see the slides for more details as well as information about recent incidents and how DRS audits may be conducted this year. June 2020 LSO Meeting Slides

JST is looking for graduate students and post-docs who would like to get involved with JST for the 2020-2021 academic year. Please fill out this form if you are interested!

See you all next month!

Thank you to all our attendees who joined us for our Zoom May LSO meeting! We discussed important safety reminders for when researchers are allowed to work in the lab within social distancing guidelines.

Please see the slides for more information, including links to information about COVID-19 resources posted on the JST website. May 2020 LSO Meeting Slides

Also, the JST is looking for new students who are interested in serving on the JST board! You do not have to be an LSO to be a part of JST. Please check out the slides for more details and email us (chemsafety@illinois.edu) if you have any questions!

Please see the slides for information from our recent LSO “meeting”. The topic covered is emergency planning for labs. Information on online DRS fire extinguisher training is in the slides.

See the slides for more information on a planned power outage in RAL on Thursday, April 9th at 12 pm. April 2020 LSO Meeting Slides 

Continue to stay safe and healthy everyone!

Thank you to everyone who attended our February LSO Meeting! We discussed the various feedback forms that JST has as well as introduced a new initiative- Safety QuickChecks. Please check out the meeting slides for more information on announcements and recent incidents. See you on April 2nd for our next LSO meeting! February 2020 LSO Meeting Slides

Thank you to all our attendees at our January LSO meeting! We covered the Building Emergency Action Plan (BEAP), labeling chemicals, and general housekeeping. Please see the meeting slides for announcements and recent incidents. January 2020 LSO Meeting Slides

The LSO meetings for the rest of the semester have been set! They are:

February 27th

April 2nd

May 7th

Please see the meeting slides for more details. See you next month!

Thank you to all our attendees at our November LSO meeting! This was our annual “How to be an LSO” meeting where we covered the roles and responsibilities of LSO officers. Please see the slides for announcements and a summary of incident statistics from the JST Near Miss/Incident Reporting form! November 2019 LSO Meeting Slides

Thank you to all our attendees at our October LSO meeting! The topic covered was advanced PPE and resources for learning about and obtaining advanced PPE. We also presented a draft of the new SCS Safety Exam Questions for the revised Chemical Hygiene Plan. If you have any feedback about these questions please let us know! Please also see the meeting slides for announcements and recent incident reports. October 2019 LSO Meeting Slides, SCS Safety Exam Questions

See you next month for our annual “How to be an LSO” meeting. If your group is changing LSO’s soon please make sure to bring the new LSO to this meeting!

Thank you to all the attendees at our recent August LSO meeting! We covered best practices regarding mechanical/equipment safety (vacuum pump safety, rotating equipment, electrical safety, and cutting tools safety). Please check out the slides for announcements and recent incident reports! August 2019 LSO Meeting Slides

Thanks to all the LSOs that attended the June LSO meeting. We discussed the new EPA Waste labelling requirement. We also had a number of announcements, so please check out the slides. June LSO Meeting Slides