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University, others investigating explosion in chemistry building Bailey: University has ‘much more to work on’ for lab safety By STEVIE DOUGLAS STAFF WRITER
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The Texas Tech Office of Environmental Health and Safety and outside experts are investigating an explosion that occurred on 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Chemistry building. The laboratory in question was being used solely by employees of an organic chemical production company, according to a university press release.
This company has a contractual research relationship with a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The laboratory hood where the explosion occurred was being used for the crystallization of an organic compound, but it appears this reaction had no role
SEE BELOW: Results from investigation into 2010 chemistry explosion at Tech.
in the explosion. Taylor Eighmy, vice president of research at Tech, said less than a quart of dilute nitric acid sprayed over the laboratory’s floor EIGHMY after the explosion. The experiment being conducted in the laboratory involved synthesizing organic chemicals, he said. No one was hurt and the laboratory was empty at the time of the explosion. The building was evacuated afterward as members of the Lubbock
Fire Department and its Haz-Mat team responded. The team cleaned the acid on the laboratory’s floor and the building was reopened two hours later. BAILEY Tech president Guy Bailey said the university has made strides in safety measures since an explosion on Jan. 7, 2010, injured a graduate student, but the current accident shows more needs to be done. INVESTIGATE continued on Page 3 ➤➤
CARS BACK UP along the Broadway entrance to campus after a haboob blew down a tree branch blocking a lane of traffic Monday.
Similar storms common during 1930s Dust Bowl By STEVIE DOUGLAS STAFF WRITER
The dust storm that swept across the South Plains on Monday is not likely to happen again for at least another decade, according to Texas Tech researchers. “This was a widespread event associated with a cold front,” said Eric Bruning, an assistant professor of atmospheric science. “The low pressure center to the southeast intensified rap- dailytoreador.com Keyword: Haboob idly and made conditions favorable for Check out a slideshow this (haboob). It is really quite unique.” of photos from Monday’s dust storm is known as Monday’s haboob a “haboob” in meteorological terms, at The DT Online. which is an Arabic term for a giant cloud of dust. Dirt and debris towered more than 8,000 feet over Lubbock, Bruning said. HABOOB continued on Page 3 ➤➤
Webinar provides CSB details of 2010 explosion
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ELIZABETH VANSKIKE, A senior public relations major and public relations chair of Project H2O, and Alyssa Ingrum, a senior special education major, are raising money to build a well in Africa. S
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University must follow new safety regulations
Event: The 10 Days Host: Tech’s Project H20 When: Midnight Tuesday-5:30 a.m. Nov. 3 How to participate: Drink only water for the duration and donate what would’ve been spent on other drinks. Email ➤➤ alyssa.ingrum@ttu.edu for more.
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