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Faculty of Science : School of Chemistry
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Chemical incidents

This page is included on this web site to highlight incidents involving chemicals that have occurred in laboratories. The intent is that people learn from these mistakes.

  • ANU, Fire in the School of Chemistry. Photos and consequences.
  • High pressure argon gas hose rupture, La Trobe Uni.
  • C&EN, Chemical & Engineering News, safety letters. Some very interesting azide explosions amongst all the others.
  • AIHA, Americal Industrial Hygiene Association. A plethora of incidents sorted by topic.
  • List of Nuclear Accidents. Some real eye openers.
  • UDEL, Laboratory Safety Incidents at the University of Delaware.

 

Incident notification* : If you know of a web link we can add to this site, or a chemical incident you know of, please let us know.

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