* Dr. Nanaj Bhamare 2011, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, Contractor dies following lab explosion
* Michelle Dufault 2011, Yale University, Chemistry Department lathe
* Nilamma 2011, Mysore, India, Alcohol fire
* Sheri Sangji 2009, UCLA, T-butyllithium fire
* Ronald Daigle 2008, Ontario, Windsor Pharmaceutical, Poisoning, trimethylsilydiazomethane
* Dominique Burget 2006, France, National Inst. of Higher Learning in Chemistry, Ethane explosion
* Tarun K. Mal 2005, Cleveland State University, Electrocution
* Antonina Presnyakova 2004, Russia, Vektor Res. Ctr., Ebola infection
* Unknown 2003, Rochester, NY, Industrial lab explosion
* Scott Spjut 2003, West Valley City, UT, Forensic scientist, rifle discharge
* Unknown 2001, Warclaw, Poland, Professor killed in explosion
* Set Van Nguyen 2001, Australia Animal Health Laboratory, Nitrogen suffocation
* Unknown 2000, New York City, Columbia Medical Center, Nitrogen suffocation
* Unknown 1999, Scotland, Nitrogen suffocation
* Unknown 1999, Edmonton, Canada, Agat Laboratories, toluene inhalation death
* Julian Szeicz 1998, Queen University (Canada), Geology Professor killed in avalanche
* Elizabeth Griffin 1997, Atlanta, Yerkes Primate Center, Rhesus monkey, Herpes B virus infection
* Karen Wetterhahn 1997, Dartmouth College, Dimethylmercury poisoning
* Ray Rudelis 1996, Florida Petroleum Research Lab, Acetylene explosion
* Unknown 1996, New York City, Discarded hydrofluoric acid kills sanitation worker
* Unknown 1995, Hong Kong, Graduate Student, exposure to unreported spill by Ph.D.
* Unknown 1995, San Diego, UCSD biology grad student, hanta virus exposure in field work
* Unknown 1994, Collegeville, PA, Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceutical, Electrocution
* Unknown 1994, Australia, Palynolab Resources, Hydrofluoric acid exposure
* Dennis Park 1993, Elkton, MD, Thiokol, Rotary evaporator flask explosion
* Unknown 1993, Pasadina, TX, High school student drowns on biology field trip
* Unknown 1992, Stanford Research Institute, CA, Hydrogen/oxygen explosion
* Unknown 1992, Pittsfield, MA, GE Plastics Research Center, Centrifuge explosion
* Unknown 1992, Pennsylvania, Merck research lab pressure vessel explosion
* Unknown 1992, Edwardsville, IL, SIU, hydrogen explosion drying solvent
* Dr. Theo Annin 1991, Western Ontario University, Ether fire in fume hood
* Unknown 1991, Checotah, OK, Cyanide poisoning
* Unknown 1990, New Jersey physics student electrocuted
* Unknown 1990, Okinawa, Japan, High school student drowns during oceanography class
* Unknown (2) 1989, Michigan, Two analysts die from exposure to Herpes B virus in lab
* Dawn Collins 1988, Tacoma, WA, Pierce College, A&P lab drinking saline mistakenly containing sodium azide
* Unknown (4) 1988, McMasterville, Quebec, CIL Explosives & Tech Center, lab explosion kills four
* Unknown 1988, California high school custodian goes into coma and dies following inhalation of old chemicals discarded in dumpster
* Unknown (3) 1987, NJ Arsine explosion, three died
* Unknown 1986, Friendship Moscow State University Chemistry and Chemical Engineering building fire kills Ph.D. student from India
* Unknown 1985, Bedford, MA, Lincoln Lab worker dies from exposure to undetected arsine leak
* Unknown 1983, San Antonio, TX, Lee High School student electrocuted in science lab
* Unknown 1983, San Francisco, CA, USF Medical Center, Maintenance worker dies from exposure to Q-Fever from sheep used in lab experiments.
* Unknown 1982, Michigan, Lab technician dies from burns sustained trapped in cage cleaning autoclave
* Unknown (2) 1981, Corning, NY, Corning Sullivan Research Facility HF tank leaked. Two killed in clean up
* Unknown 1981, Kazakstan, Russia, National Academy of Science refrigerator ether explosion and fire
* Unknown 1980, Boston, MA, University of Massachusetts female student dies drinking water from a lab faucet in a “clean” beaker
* Sunny Su 1979, Dartmouth, MA, University of Massachusetts, grad student in solvent explosion and fire
* Unknown 1979, Arizona State University organic extraction solvent fire kills graduate student in geochemist’s laboratory
* Unknown 1979, Washington State, High school student died when the nitroglycerine he had synthesized blew up in his pocket
* Unknown 1978, College Park, MD, Baptist Community School, Custodian dies in closet making carbon dioxide “smoke” from dry ice
* Janet Parker 1978, Medical School at Birmingham University (Britain), 40-year-old medical photographer from laboratory exposure to smallpox.
* Unknown 1977, Lab worker dies from exposure to herpes-B virus from Rhesus monkey
* Unknown 1976, Texas high school student dies of injuries sustained in alcohol fire. He was trying to refill the lamp while it was still lit
* Unknown 1976, Arizona State University graduate student trapped in lab fire
* Unknown 1976, Enschede, Netherlands, Technische Hogeschool Twente, Organic chemist died of edema from methylfluorosulfate exposure.
* Unknown 1975, Westbrook, Maine, High school student electrocuted with 800-volt transformer
* Unknown (14) 1974, Brisbane, Australia, Thirteen children and the teacher were killed in the explosion when the teacher tried to demonstrate how to make a rocket engine
* Unknown 1974, Stanford University, Grad student killed from broken lid flying off vacuum desiccator
* Unknown 1972, Cambridge, MA, MIT grad student electrocuted working on live circuits
* Unknown (2) 1972, New Haven, CT, Olin-Matheson, Solid propellant explosion kills two lab workers
* Unknown 1971, University of Washington, Bagley Hall, Explosion and fire while pouring waste solvent kills P-Chem undergraduate.
* Unknown 1969, University of Washington, Sodium explosion in physical chemistry lab kills student
* Ray Kemp 1968-9, Columbus, OH, Ohio State University, Potassium cyanide poisoning
* Unknown 1967, P-Chem undergrad died of burns sustained in an explosion and fire possibly caused by making cleaning solution with nitric instead of sulfuric acid
* Unknown 1966, Port Evan, NY, Hercules Powder Company, chemist killed in explosion
* Unknown 1966, Selden, NY, Suffolk Community College, Lab instructor died from injuries sustained when he dropped a jar of sodium. There was a fire and explosion.
* Unknown 1966, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University grad student killed when struck by unchained gas cylinder that falls, shears off valve and goes through cinderblock wall.
* Unknown 1966, Providence, RI, Brown University biology grad student electrocuted doing electrophoresis
* Unknown 1966, Westbrook, Maine, High school student electrocuted learning to use oscilloscope in Physics class
* Unknown 1964, Western Australia, Palynolab Resources PTY ltd, lab technician dies from 70% HF exposure (here of 1994?)
* Unknown 1963, Alabama, Morton Thiokol, solid propellant explosion
* Unknown 1958, Michigan State University, Grad student killed when distilling thiophene detonated in chemistry lab
* Unknown 1956, A research chemist’s unauthorized experiment exploded killing a colleague
* Unknown (2) 1955, Bayside, NY, Sylvania Electric Lab, Explosion killed two when a hot crucible fell into a barrel of thorium dust powder.
* Unknown 1954, Indian Harbor, Indiana, New employee killed trying to cut the top off a 55-gallon drum. It exploded
* Unknown 1953, Chicago, Morton Salt, Chemist killed in explosion opening bottle containing peroxides
* Unknown 1946, University of Chicago Physics professor dies as result of an accident involving and radioactive materials
* Unknown 1940, Illinois, Graduate student killed in explosion of chemicals stored in a household refrigerator.
* Unknown 1929, Hungary, Science teacher killed in demonstration involving potassium metal
* Unknown When? A chemistry teacher dropped a piece of sodium in a fish tank. The explosion killed one student
* Unknown (168) 1930-1978, 168 deaths from laboratory acquired infections (C.H. Collins, Laboratory Acquired Infections, Buttersworth, 1988)
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