A researcher who lost her arm in a laboratory explosion at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is suing the school.

Thea Ekins-Coward filed the civil complaint last week. 

The explosion occurred March 16, 2016, in the school’s Pacific Ocean Sciences and Technology (POST) building.

In the lawsuit, she says she was invited to the university to receive training at the lab and “had no previous experience in the preparation of gas mixtures with gases which may be combustible in certain circumstances…”

http://khon2.com/2017/01/20/researcher-injured-in-university-of-hawaii-lab-explosion-files-lawsuit/

The HSE has warned that all schools need to have clear health and safety arrangements in place for their staff and students, following an incident in which a chemistry laboratory technician lost parts of three fingers and sustained a serious internal injury while preparing a highly sensitive explosive for use in a ‘fireworks’ demonstration to a class of children.

Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard the now retired staff member lost the top joints of his left hand index, middle and ring fingers and ruptured his bowel while preparing the explosive at Bristol Cathedral Choir School.

http://www.shponline.co.uk/warning-to-schools-after-lab-technician-is-seriously-injured/

There are a lot of hazards in a chemistry lab. You've got chemicals, breakables, and open flames. So, accidents are bound to happen.

Most common injuries can be prevented by minimizing accidents by being careful, wearing proper safety gear
and knowing what to do in the event of an emergency.

What are your biggest risks? Here's an informal look at common injuries.

http://chemistry.about.com/od/labsafety/fl/What-Are-the-Most-Common-Injuries-in-a-Chemistry-Lab.htm

Indiana has been evacuated and cordoned off, as witnesses reported feeling chemicals burning their lungs and throats.
Officials have confirmed a spill of sulfur dioxide.

Officials have urged people to stay out of the area, and not to leave their houses if they live near the spill.

Sulfur dioxide is a colorless gas with a suffocating odor, which can cause serious or permanent injury when inhaled.

Witnesses told the channel that they smelled and even tasted acid at the time of the leak. Some described a burning sensation in their lungs and throats.

https://www.rt.com/usa/312563-chemical-spill-indiana-terre-haute/

A high school chemistry class fire that injured five Virginia students and a teacher
last week during a popular chemistry demonstration has prompted a wave of safety alerts.

Officials have declined to release key details about the fire, including whether the demonstration was performed under a fume hood —
as district safety guidelines advise — or what kind of liquid the teacher used.

There have been at least three serious accidents in U.S. high schools involving open-flame experiments since 2002, each of them burning students.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/high-school-chemistry-lab-fire-prompts-warnings-for-science-teachers/2015/11/05/eb78543e-8312-11e5-9afb-0c971f713d0c_story.html