• Question: Have you ever badly hurt yourself when your doing your job?

    Asked by penguinsrock66 to Catherine, Charlotte, Colin, Becki, Rick on 20 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by 10rawlingsc, smiltesmoosh.
    • Photo: Charlotte Dalton

      Charlotte Dalton answered on 20 Jun 2013:


      No…at least not yet! Just a few cuts from broken glassware in the lab. There are plenty of scary accident stories in chemistry though!

    • Photo: Rebecca Scott

      Rebecca Scott answered on 20 Jun 2013:


      Not badly, thankfully. I have had a few cuts and bruises, and once on fieldwork I had a nasty allergic reaction to an insect bite. But luckily no lab accidents. Like Charlotte says they can be really scary.

    • Photo: Colin Swift

      Colin Swift answered on 20 Jun 2013:


      No, Good job too – as I work in radiation protection it wouldn’t look very good!

    • Photo: Catherine Fontinelle

      Catherine Fontinelle answered on 20 Jun 2013:


      Got a nasty cut on my finger from a scalpel while cutting up toenails for testing

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