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Boston University Fined for Tularemia Incidents
Boston University committed serious safety violations last year at a laboratory in which three workers were exposed to tularemia bacteria, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Monday (see GSN, March 30). The agency fined the university and Boston Medical Center $8,100, the Boston Globe reported. Federal investigators concluded that researchers working with tularemia bacterium regularly did not wear gloves and eye protection. Their report also verified earlier allegations of poor safety habits at the laboratory and found that mandatory warnings about tularemia had not been put in writing. “Employers who hire researchers to work with potentially infectious biological materials have a significant duty under the law to make every effort to ensure that their employees are protected at all times from exposure to such materials,” Brenda Gordon, director the agency’s Boston branch, said in a statement. University administrators said in a statement yesterday that they agreed with some aspects of the OSHA review, according to the Globe. University officials plan to discuss their objections to the report in a meeting with OSHA officials, said university spokeswoman Ellen Berlin (Stephen Smith, Boston Globe, May 10).
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