Safety
Issues
UROP participants often use or work near materials, equipment, or energy that may be potentially hazardous to themselves, others, and/or the environment. The Institute
Council on
Environmental
Health and
Safety requires
that students
follow the
same rules
and be afforded
the same level
of health
and safety
training,
protection,
and support
as MIT employees.
As the
project's
Principal
Investigator
(PI), you
are ultimately
responsible
for the
health and
safety of
everyone
in your laboratory, including employees and undergraduate researchers (UROPs). It is expected that UROP students will be supervised at all times while in the laboratory or other potentially hazardous environments. Therefore, a UROP student should not be assigned to be a supervisor, even to other UROPs or high school students.
Please make sure to communicate the hazards typically encountered in your laboratory as well as project specific hazards. This includes arranging for the appropriate lab specific and EHS safety training of UROP students. In addition, there is an extensive safety system that serves the entire MIT community.
In addition,
there is
an extensive
safety system
that serves
the entire
MIT community.
The safety
and related
offices listed
in the Guidelines
section address
questions
concerning
safety responsibilities,
training,
and appropriate
procedures
and precautions.
**NOTE**: It
is expected
that UROP
students are
supervised
in the laboratory
at all times,
per the Institute's "no
working alone" policy .
In addition,
if you plan
to have a
student under
the age of
18 years old
working in
your laboratory
you must contact
the EHS Office for
additional
details. Also, see http://web.mit.edu/environment/ehs/topic/accident.html for information on reporting injuries.
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