May 4, 2009 10:38 pm US/Pacific
UCLA Fined For Fatal Lab Fire, Poor Training
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined UCLA for three violations stemming from a lab fire that killed 23-year old Sheharbano Sangji. (File)
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UCLA has been fined nearly $32,000 for safety violations stemming from a lab explosion that killed a research assistant.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined the University of California, Los Angeles for three violations of state workplace safety regulations.
The state found that 23-year-old Sheharbano Sangji had not been trained properly and was not wearing protective clothing when she was burned over 43 percent of her body on Dec 29 in a campus chemistry laboratory.
The report also says the university didn't address problems identified in an internal safety inspection two months before the explosion. Sangji died 18 days after the accident.
The state safety agency says it will present a report for prosecutors to consider filing charges.
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