TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - The effects of a safety unit on student safety knowledge and behavior
JO  - Science education (Hoboken)
A1  - Dombrowski, Joanne Morgan
A1  - Hagelberg, Ray R.
SP  - 527
EP  - 533
VL  - 69
IS  - 4
N2  - Classroom laboratory safety is continuing concern in science education. As is well known, conditions exist in the classroom laboratory which could lead to accidents. Accidents can be the result many factors, the most noteworthy of which are lack of appropriate attitudes towards safety and unsafe practices. Fully 80 to 85% of all accidents result from unsafe personal acts. The school science laboratory is no exception. Specific science laboratory accident rates are difficult to obtain, what The national safety Council publication accident facts 1981 edition indicates that approximately 2940 Science related accidents out of 22,000 School jurisdiction accidents occurred in 1977- 78. The highest occurrence was in grade seven through nine.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0036-8326
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sce.3730690408
ID  - ref1
ER  -