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Do you know how to avoid this invisible hazard? Fire Safe Wish 6.png A Fire Safe New Year's Resolution A New Year's resolution is a tradition in which a person resolves to change an undesired trait or behavior, accomplish a personal goal or otherwise improve their life. Card For Home Page II.jpg Having a Safe Holiday? We're Checking it Twice! Naughty, nice... which list are you on? This year's EHS holiday card reminds you to stay on the "nice" side of the ledger when it comes to practicing safety. Drain Cleanroom.jpg Keep Drain Traps From Drying Out Recently, there have been several instances of unpleasant odors in laboratories that have elicited calls to EHS. In each case, the cause was dry sink and floor drain traps. Space-heater-3-feet.png Tips to Live By: Portable Electric Space Heaters As the weather turns colder, many across the Princeton University campus will attempt to utilize portable electric space heaters to take the chill out of their work area. Joan Lab Adjust.jpeg EHS Profiles Video: Joan Hutzly If you've worked at Princeton University for more than a few years, you've collected some good stories. Lab Safety Specialist Joan Hutzly is no exception. Merlic Talk 1.jpeg Lab Safety Expert Cites Real-World Examples, Lessons Learned Craig Merlic got his start in chemistry as a 14-year-old making bombs and explosives. His interest in chemical reactions has not waned, but is now matched by an equal concern for safe practices in the laboratory. S+S_Week_2019_Border.png Safe + Sound 2019 Highlights Workplace Safety at Princeton Safe + Sound Week, a nationwide event held each summer to recognize the successes of workplace health and safety programs, returns Aug. 12-18. LabGuy.jpg Safety Doesn’t Take a Vacation It may be Chacos weather outdoors, but proper attire is still essential in the laboratory. Standards of proper dress and PPE do not change when the weather heats up. Proper Laboratory Attire Remember the following rules of dress when working in the lab: IMG_2090 small.jpg Improper Disposal of Helium Tank Near-Miss Recently, a University sanitation worker was operating a trash compactor on campus. Unbeknownst to the operator, someone had disposed of a closed helium balloon tank. Upon compaction, the cylinder over-pressurized and burst, spraying sharp metal pieces across the area. Luckily, the worker was not injured. Thunder Roars 5x8 Gradient_1 copy.png Lightning Safety: When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors! Recent severe weather in the Northeast is a good reminder of the danger of thunderstorms. About 25 million cloud-to-ground lightning flashes occur in the U.S. annually, according to the National Weather Service. In an average year, 300 people are struck and 30 killed, with many more suffering lifelong disabilities... IMG_1035.jpg Elements of Safety Poster a Big Hit at ACS Conference At the American Chemical Society National Meeting and Expo in Orlando, Princeton EHS unveiled a Periodic Table of the Elements of Safety. Birch Tree.jpg Indoor or Outdoor, Allergy Complaints Spike With the Season Shaundree Davis, Senior Program Manager for Industrial Hygiene at Princeton EHS, has seen the phenomenon before. In the first half of April, pollen production begins to go up rapidly in Central New Jersey, and calls to her office increase. Ladder_Safety_Month_Green.png March is National Ladder Safety Month To mark Ladder Safety Month, Princeton EHS is highlighting the essential principles of lad...