Research of practical risk evaluation axes of laboratories incorporating the essential characteristics of research works in University .

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12371
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Nezu Yukiko 東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科, 特任研究員 (00746779)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山本 仁 大阪大学, 安全衛生管理部, 教授 (20222383) ; 大島 義人 東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科, 教授 (70213709)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: リスクアセスメント / 実験作業 / 化学物質拡散

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to find the practical risk evaluation axes of laboratories associated with the essential characteristics of research works in universities. In order to clarify the potential risks in experimental laboratories, the following case studies were carried out: (1)tracking of chemical reagent bottles in a chemical laboratory,(2)analysis on airflow and chemical diffusion in laboratory,(3)trouble analysis during instructional laboratory classes in university. From these investigations, we elucidated the characteristics of chemical usage associated with experimenter behavior, and obtained basic features of airflow in laboratory. We also clarified that the trouble analysis using the record of glassware breakage is an effective method for extracting the risks in practical experiments. These findings are expected to contribute to the extraction of practical risk evaluation axes inherent to the research laboratories in university.

Free Research Field

実験安全、気流解析、化学物質濃度測定