Table 2. Average level of incidents in specific labs of universities.
Type and percentage of incidents in labs | Sources |
2% of accidents in fabrications rooms 13% in other places of research labs |
Hellman et al. [49] |
30% of people working in labs has assisted with serious injury over a period of 20 years | Van Noorden [50] |
15% of people in labs has experienced at least one lesion or mishap | Ayi and Ho [51] |
18% of lab incidents have occurred at the Iowa State University | Simmons et al. [52] |
25% of hazard types are spills and fires 18% of hazard types are for equipment failure or explosion 16% of hazard types are associated with cryogenics 15% of hazard types are spills and sharps 12% of serious incidents has involved a researcher requesting an external help | |
12% is “near miss” incidents | Kou et al. [53] |
A natural zoonosis is a rare event | Coccia [12] |