BUILDING SAFETY CULTURE THROUGH TARGETED

TRAININGMONIQUE WILHELM

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINTDEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY

April 2, 2017253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA

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EDUCATIONALSETTINGS

THECHALLENGES• Studentsarenovices• Notpracticedathome• The“Institution”

EDUCATIONALSETTINGSSAFETYOVERTHEYEARS– abalancingact• Whatissafety?

• Wearinggoggles• Darwinismisgood!

• Weneedtoberesponsible• Onlyusewater,coloreddyes,andverydilutecorrosivesingenchem

• Orgo isorgo!Everyoneputongloves.• Wait,youdidn’tteachthatinGenChem?????!!!

EDUCATIONALSETTINGS

INSTITUTIONAL• Communication• Department• Support

EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS

WHEREANDWHENTOLEARNWHOISTHEAUDIENCE?• Staff• Faculty• Students

• LabAssistants• Chem Club• Research

THENVERSUSNOWTHEN,14yearsago• Faculty(theBull’sEyeofmytarget)

• IhaveaPhDinChemistry!!!• AcademicFreedom

• Students• LabAssistants

THENVERSUSNOW

NOW• Faculty(theBull’sEyeofmytarget)

• ALLrequiredtodo:• Laboratory&ChemicalSafety(w/GHS)• HazCom• RCRA• BasicFirstAid• CHP

THENVERSUSNOW

NOW• Students

• LabAssistants• AddedResearchAssistants• AddedChem Club

HelloStudentX,IamcontactingyouasDr.Xhasinformedmethatyouwillbeworkinginhislabnextsemester. Beforeyoucanbeginanylabwork,youwillneedtocompleteourbasicdepartmentaltraining. Thiswillincludemostlyonlinetraining. However,Iwillneedforyoutosetupanappointmentwithmyselftoscheduletheproficiencytrainingonceyouhavecompletedtheonlinetrainingandbeforeyoubeginanyworkwithoutdirectsupervision. Oncebasictraininghasbeencomplete,Dr.Xwillcoveradditionallab-specifictraining.Ihaveregisteredyouforsomeoftheonlinecoursesthatyouneedtogetyoustarted. Pleasegoto https://umflint.inclassnow.com andloginwithyourUniversitycredentials. Thefollowingcoursesshouldbesetupforyoutocompletebeforetheendofthismonth:· LaboratorySafetyCourse· ChemicalSafetyCourse· CompressedGasSafetyCourse· FlammableandCombustibleLiquidsCourseInaddition, youwillalsoneedtoviewafewquickDOWsafetyvideosandcompletetheattachedquiz.Pleaseletmeknowifyouhaveanyquestions.

Regards,MoniqueWilhelm

THENVERSUSNOW

NOW:SAFETYACROSSTHECURRICULUM• Formalcurriculum

• Uppervslowerdivision

• Extras• LabAssistants• Chem Club• Research

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SUMMARY

Targetedtrainingtopics+onlinecomponents=• Decreasedtimetraining• Increasednumbertrained• Facultyaddingsafetytocourses• Increasedsafetyawareness

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