BNL has placed more and more emphasis on safety in the workplace in the last several years. As the recent article in the Chronicle mentioned, all of the labs are living in the shadow of the major SLAC shutdown after the accident on October 11, 2004. And a couple of years ago, there were several incidents even here at BNL Chemistry, which really brought the issue into focus for many of us. That said, it's encouraging to see we've gone nearly two years without major incident, but I hope it is just an accident that this was the number showing just today, the first time I've looked in several months. Maybe it's a good day to make sure I safety training for *everything*...
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