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Towards Safer Practices in Academic and Industrial Laboratories: a CISTAR/P2SAC collaboration Sopuru Ezenwa, Ravi Joshi, Abhijit Talpade, Pushkar Ghanekar Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University P2SAC Spring 2019 Conference

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Towards Safer Practices in Academic and Industrial Laboratories: a CISTAR/P2SAC collaboration

P2SAC Spring 2019 Conference May 7-8, 2019 Sopuru Ezenwa, Ravi Joshi, Abhijit Talpade, Pushkar Ghanekar Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

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Motivation: Lab safety incidents are still prevalent

Source – U.S. Chemical Safety Board, Dataset on Incidents in Public and Private Laboratories, August 2018

1Laboratory incident dataset from January 2001 through July 2018 2Excludes incidents that may have occurred but not identified by CSB

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

2001-2003 2004-2006 2007-2009 2010-2012 2013-2015 2016-2018

Fatalities Incidents2 / Injuries

2001-2003 2004-2006 2007-2009 2010-2012 Private Sector + Government University High School 2013-2015 2016-2018

Fatalities

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Motivation: Lab safety incidents are still prevalent

Source – U.S. Chemical Safety Board, Dataset on Incidents in Public and Private Laboratories, August 2018

1Laboratory incident dataset from January 2001 through July 2018 2Excludes incidents that may have occurred but not identified by CSB

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

2001-2003 2004-2006 2007-2009 2010-2012 2013-2015 2016-2018

Fatalities Incidents2 / Injuries

2001-2003 2004-2006 2007-2009 2010-2012 Private Sector + Government University High School 2013-2015 2016-2018

Fatalities

Texas Tech University Chemistry Lab Explosion 2010

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Project overview

  • NSF funded CISTAR/P2SAC initiative to improve safety practices in research labs
  • Team of 4 graduate students, 2 faculty advisors and an industry collaborator

LAB SAFETY PROJECT Assess safety practices in academic & industrial laboratories Develop tools and best practices for lab safety evaluation

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Project overview

  • NSF funded CISTAR/P2SAC initiative to improve safety practices in research labs
  • Team of 4 graduate students, 2 faculty advisors and an industry collaborator

LAB SAFETY PROJECT Assess safety practices in academic & industrial laboratories Develop tools and best practices for lab safety evaluation

Compile and share best lab practices Analyze current lab safety practices Identify good practices and areas for improvement Survey Academic & Industrial R&D labs Develop a software tool to identify and quantify potential hazards Maintain database of standard operating procedures for high hazard procedures

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Project overview

  • NSF funded CISTAR/P2SAC initiative to improve safety practices in research labs
  • Team of 4 graduate students, 2 faculty advisors and an industry collaborator

LAB SAFETY PROJECT Assess safety practices in academic & industrial laboratories Develop tools and best practices for lab safety evaluation

Compile and share best lab practices Analyze current lab safety practices Identify good practices and areas for improvement Survey Academic & Industrial R&D labs Develop a software tool to identify and quantify potential hazards Maintain database of standard operating procedures for high hazard procedures

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Survey of current practices in academic laboratories

Aimed to :

  • Understand the safety practices in

academic labs

  • Identify gaps in current lab practices
  • Leverage good practices

Qualtrics questionnaire

  • Responses can be anonymous or non-

anonymous

  • Time commitment ~15-20 mins
  • Directed to individual research labs
  • First round to be sent to CISTAR

partner universities

  • Next round to other universities
  • Compiled results analyzed and shared
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Survey of current practices in academic laboratories

Aimed to :

  • Understand the safety practices in

academic labs

  • Identify gaps in current lab practices
  • Leverage good practices

Qualtrics questionnaire

  • Responses can be anonymous or non-

anonymous

  • Time commitment ~15-20 mins
  • Directed to individual research labs
  • First round to be sent to CISTAR

partner universities

  • Next round to other universities
  • Compiled results analyzed and shared

Screenshot of survey

Sample questions: Is there a review process for new experimental setup, chemical reaction setup and/or modification to an existing apparatus/equipment (e.g. Management of Change (MOC) procedure)? Are there any special initiative(s) within your school for promoting safety awareness and incubating a good safety culture?

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Survey of current practices in industrial R&D laboratories

Aimed to :

  • Assess the safety practices in

industrial R&D labs/pilot plants

  • Understand their hazard evaluation

process and develop best practices

  • Obtain feedback for our proposed
  • nline hazard evaluation tool

Survey offered in both online (Qualtrics) and paper forms

  • Responses can be anonymous or

non-anonymous

  • Time commitment ~10-15 mins
  • CISTAR and P2SAC industrial

partners

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Survey of current practices in industrial R&D laboratories

Aimed to :

  • Assess the safety practices in

industrial R&D labs/pilot plants

  • Understand their hazard evaluation

process and develop best practices

  • Obtain feedback for our proposed
  • nline hazard evaluation tool

Survey offered in both online (Qualtrics) and paper forms

  • Responses can be anonymous or

non-anonymous

  • Time commitment ~10-15 mins
  • CISTAR and P2SAC industrial

partners

Sample questions: What databases do you use to collect relevant data and complete the hazard evaluation process? Can you list any recent/long-term initiative that helped to reinforce/improve the safety culture in your industrial labs or small-scale pilot plants?

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Survey of current practices in industrial R&D laboratories

Aimed to :

  • Assess the safety practices in

industrial R&D labs/pilot plants

  • Understand their hazard evaluation

process and develop best practices

  • Obtain feedback for our proposed
  • nline hazard evaluation tool

Survey offered in both online (Qualtrics) and paper forms

  • Responses can be anonymous or

non-anonymous

  • Time commitment ~10-15 mins
  • CISTAR and P2SAC industrial

partners

Please fill out the paper surveys available at the end of this presentation. If your organization is willing to share your best practices, procedures, training materials (especially visuals) to be hosted on this webtool, please reach out to Prof. Ray Mentzer

Sample questions: What databases do you use to collect relevant data and complete the hazard evaluation process? Can you list any recent/long-term initiative that helped to reinforce/improve the safety culture in your industrial labs or small-scale pilot plants?

Industrial Survey: tinyurl.com/industry-lab-survey

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Project overview

LAB SAFETY PROJECT Assess safety practices in academic & industrial laboratories Develop tools and best practices for lab safety evaluation

Compile and share best lab practices Analyze current lab safety practices Identify good practices and areas for improvement Survey Academic & Industrial R&D labs Develop a software tool to identify and quantify potential hazards Maintain database of standard operating procedures for high hazard procedures

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Development of web-based tool for safety hazard evaluation

Need for a convenient tool that can

  • Collect critical information about a planned experimental setup
  • Pool important information necessary for hazard analysis
  • Provide summary of potential red flags and recommended best practices
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Development of web-based tool for safety hazard evaluation

  • Chemical system
  • MSDS
  • Physical properties
  • Reactive chem
  • Chemical stability
  • Scale
  • Operating Conditions

Inputs Data compilation Process Block Hazard Summary

  • Compatibility
  • Handling
  • Reactivity, etc.
  • Adiabatic T change
  • Worst-case scenario
  • Operating discipline,

etc. Outputs Property Estimator Calculation Block

Need for a convenient tool that can

  • Collect critical information about a planned experimental setup
  • Pool important information necessary for hazard analysis
  • Provide summary of potential red flags and recommended best practices

Overview of H.E.A.L. : Hazard Evaluation and Analysis for Laboratories

Worst case scenario

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Development of web-based tool for safety hazard evaluation

  • Chemical system
  • MSDS
  • Physical properties
  • Reactive chem
  • Chemical stability
  • Scale
  • Operating Conditions

Inputs Data compilation Process Block Hazard Summary

  • Compatibility
  • Handling
  • Reactivity, etc.
  • Adiabatic T change
  • Worst-case scenario
  • Operating discipline,

etc. Outputs Property Estimator Calculation Block

With the required inputs, process block will generate the desired outputs Need for a convenient tool that can

  • Collect critical information about a planned experimental setup
  • Pool important information necessary for hazard analysis
  • Provide summary of potential red flags and recommended best practices

Overview of H.E.A.L. : Hazard Evaluation and Analysis for Laboratories

Worst case scenario

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Current status and near-term plans

Surveys

  • Survey questions compiled and integrated into online and paper forms
  • IRB approval obtained, per university requirements
  • Distribution of surveys to follow very soon
  • Analyze data to understand trends and current practices
  • Follow-up with non-anonymous responses regarding best practices
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Current status and near-term plans

Surveys

  • Survey questions compiled and integrated into online and paper forms
  • IRB approval obtained, per university requirements
  • Distribution of surveys to follow very soon
  • Analyze data to understand trends and current practices
  • Follow-up with non-anonymous responses regarding best practices

Hazard evaluation tool (H.E.A.L.)

  • Drafted a logic diagram for how the tool will work
  • Hired a computer program expert to assist team in developing H.E.A.L.
  • Ongoing discussion with software vendors and commercial databases such

as CRW, CHETAH etc.

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Summary

  • Lab safety project aims to
  • Assess safety practices in academic &

industrial research labs

  • Highlight areas for improvement
  • Take steps to improve safety practices
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Summary

  • Lab safety project aims to
  • Assess safety practices in academic &

industrial research labs

  • Highlight areas for improvement
  • Take steps to improve safety practices
  • Will be achieved through
  • Obtaining feedback from surveys
  • Compiling best practices
  • Developing software tool for hazard evaluation
  • Maintaining SOP database of high hazard processes
  • Survey feedback from academic and industrial partners is

important for this project’s success

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Acknowledgements

  • Dr. Jay Devaraj, Corteva Agriscience,

Agriculture Division of DowDuPont

  • Prof. Ray Mentzer
  • Prof. Fabio Ribeiro

Industrial Survey: tinyurl.com/industry-lab-survey

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Questions?