Lathe related fatality at Yale

[ticklingmedusa]

Michele Dufault '11 dies in Sterling Chemistry Laboratory accident | Yale Daily News (http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/apr/13/student-dies-accident-sterling-chemistry-laborator/)

[Enfield Guy]

Long hair and spinning things just don't mix. It is quite surprising how often I see young folk with long hair using powerful cordless drills etc without their hair tied back on building sites.

Keep safe and make sure those around you are safe as well.

Cheers

[Sawdust Maker]

I think I'm fairly safe with my No 2 cut

[BobL]

The news item says she was found at 2:30 am ?

This is very sad but the first question I would ask why is a student using a lathe alone at this time of the day/night?

[Bushmiller]

Uum

Was she doing a foreigner?:wink:

Still tragic:(.

Regards
Paul

[artme]

Sad Indeed!

When I was in my teens I knew of several young fellows with only slightly long hair whose boss made them wear hairnets. Even 50 years ago there were very safety concious people about.

[Astrodog]

Very nasty.... I wonder what they use a lathe for in a chemistry laboratory though?? I've never seen one in any science lab, chem would be the last place I would of thought.

[Paul39]

Long discussion here: student dies in machine shop accident.... - Practical Machinist - Largest Manufacturing Technology Forum on the Web (http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/student-dies-machine-shop-accident-223639/)

As she was about to graduate, she was probably working on her senior project.

My daughter is an architect. During her time at NC State U I would visit. She would take me to her studio space, which each student could design and build whatever they wanted in a cube 3 X 3 X 3 meters. The studio was open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Some incorporated a bunk so they could nap between class and projects.

Whatever time I was there people would be working, or napping, or visiting. The students had access to a complete wood and metal work shop. I do not know if it was open without some staff person there.

Good sense is not supposed to come until one is around 25. With some never.

Locally, a 28 year old woman walked up a trail to watch the sunrise last weekend, wearing a skirt, top and light jacket. She did not return when expected, causing a huge search. Her flash light and cell phone were found. On the forth day she was found by a spotter in a helicopter. She was on a ledge down the side of a cliff, waving her jacket. She had an injured foot and was a bit worse for wear, and is in the hospital in "fair" condition.

Sometimes it is good to have another person around.

[BobL]

Very nasty.... I wonder what they use a lathe for in a chemistry laboratory though?? I've never seen one in any science lab, chem would be the last place I would of thought.

She wasn't working in a lab she was working in a workshop. I have been to just about every university physics and quite a few chemistry departments in Australia and they all have at least access to a workshop with mills and lathes. Some have dedicated excellent shops with production capable CNC facilities and laser cutting systems. These facilities are used for building and servicing non standard apparatus.

Here are some examples.
Uni of Melbourne Chemistry: Mechanical workshop : School of Chemistry : University of Melbourne (http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/school/mechanical.html)
Monash Uni Mechanical Workshop Services, Monash University Physics (http://www.physics.monash.edu.au/services/mws.html)
Australian National University Physics and Engineering RSPE mechanical workshop photos - RSPE - ANU (http://physics.anu.edu.au/workshop/photos.php)
Uni of WA (UWA) Physics Physics workshop : School of Physics : The University of Western Australia (http://www.physics.uwa.edu.au/research/workshop)
UWA Gravity wave lab Stage I - The Current Research Facility (http://www.aigo.org.au/stage1.php)

This apparatus is an example of an in-house built piece of apparatus that a research chemist might need to use. It will evaporate any metal and deposit a thin film of it on a surface for the study of the properties of thin films. This one is used specifically used for uranium.
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[Astrodog]

Well - you learn something new everyday....

[munruben]

Tragic news. So sad.

[cookie48]

It is a sad but learnig story. WORK SAFE.
Looking at those Uni workshops makes you understand why they need so much money.
But then again they coould build one for me and have full use after hours.