Here’s something
from the Lablogatory people that made me think. A little essay on dangers
in the workplace.
“Steve
and Josh were bored during the night shift and they created a ball made from
rubber bands to toss around. When Josh didn’t catch the ball, it hit the open
tray of formaldehyde on the gross bench, and it splashed into Josh’s eye. He
rinsed his eyes in the eyewash station for a couple of minutes, but both men
were afraid to report the incident for fear of getting in trouble. Josh’s eye
irritation continued to worsen, and he had to go to the eye doctor for
treatment… There are obvious consequences for injuries that occur in the
laboratory..”
When I was seventeen years old I got a
bollocking for playing cricket in the microbiology laboratory. I didn’t want to
– I felt I had to through peer pressure. And all the other trainees felt they
had to as the chief was egging us on to do so. And he too got a bollocking when
his deputy caught us all red-handed.
Nearly forty years later I may be somewhat
flippant and irreverent but I’m not so irresponsible as to play cricket in the
lab. And *certainly* not so
irresponsible as to make the trainees feel they should do so…
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