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“Totally predictable and preventable” accident costs lab researcher an arm

July 28, 2017 by David Vaughan

Editorial on the lab explosion at University of Hawaii in 2016. Basic safety rules were not followed, allowing a simple static electricity discharge to detonate pressurized gas, resulting in the lab worker losing her right arm.
http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/08/d-j-vu-all-over-again

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