Fire Safety Supervisor Frank Malloy, left, explained the importance of knowing how to operate different types of fire extinguishers and where they are located in the laboratory, so they can be used effectively in an emergency.
To promote a culture of safety at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the School’s Lab Safety Committee and the office of Environmental Health and Safety held an inaugural Lab Safety Fair on Wednesday, April 24, in the Annenberg Building.
Lab Safety Committee members and staff from Environmental Health and Safety, and other Mount Sinai employee-related programs in Biosafety, Radiation Safety, and Fire Safety, were on hand to answer questions from researchers and provide them with literature on maintaining a safe work environment within Mount Sinai’s laboratories.