• Question: whats the most dangerous thing you've experienced related to your job?

    Asked by emily car to Ray, Laura, John G, Catherine, Ashley on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Catherine Conaghan

      Catherine Conaghan answered on 11 Nov 2014:


      In my last job there was some dangerous elements including heavy machinery, low temperatures, forklifts, dangerous gases etc. so safety was very important! In my current job I’m usually based in the office/home/or another country, so nothing more dangerous then normal.

    • Photo: Laura Tobin

      Laura Tobin answered on 11 Nov 2014:


      Nothing too dangerous. The most harmful item we have in the lab are the lasers. They could potential damage or blind you. You have to be very careful around them and other people. You cannot wear jewellery around them in case they reflect off it and into your or someone else’s eye. We also have a solar simulator, it’s a lamp that mimics the light that comes from the sun, it has UV light in it, so we have to be careful not to damage our skin with it.

    • Photo: John Ging

      John Ging answered on 11 Nov 2014:


      Electricity!
      Any site visits require care not to come into contact with any of the conducting equipment or its lights out…

    • Photo: Ashley Culbert

      Ashley Culbert answered on 15 Nov 2014:


      My job currently is not too hazardous.
      The jobs I had in the power plant were the most dangerous ones I have had. We had many hazards there from things superheated steam, working in confined spaces, falls from height or chemicals in the water treatment plant. We always had to work hard to ensure all the appropriate health and safety measure were in place to prevent anyone from getting hurt.

    • Photo: Ray Alcorn

      Ray Alcorn answered on 16 Nov 2014:


      I had to get onboard a sinking wave energy device to retrieve the data from the computers otherwise the company also would have sunk.

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