ACS's Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories website: An important safety culture tool

Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories is an online resource the American Chemical Society provides to help chemists during their day-to-day research activities. This online resource is divided into three areas: fundamentals, ways to conduct assessments, and tools. This article describes how it was used in a mechanochemistry research lab from the perspective of a graduate student. It proved to be very helpful when identifying hazards, assessing risk, and selecting appropriate control measures for the various operations conducted in academic research laboratories. Connections to a green chemistry metric, the EcoScale, are described as well.