The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been hit with a fine for multiple safety violations, following the death of a chemistry researcher in a lab fire.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined the university nearly US$32,000 on 4 May, after the death of Sheharbano 'Sheri' Sangji. Sangji, 23, died on 16 January after being critically burned on 29 December 2008 in the Molecular Science Building.
The university was criticized for failing to train personnel in the use of dangerous chemicals, for not requiring the wearing of protective clothing and for not correcting deficient lab practices identified in an inspection last October.
Gene Block, UCLA chancellor, said in a statement that the university has embarked on a campus-wide review of laboratory safety and practices.
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University fined after safety-failure lab death. Nature 459, 152 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/459152c
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