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Lab Safety Awareness Week
Lab Safety Awareness Week is an event held from February 9-13, 2026, that recognizes the successes of laboratory health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep our faculty, staff, and students safe.
Why Participate?
Successful laboratory safety awareness and programs can help identify and manage laboratory hazards before they cause injury. Participating in CSHEMA Lab Safety Awareness Week can help get your awareness programs started, boost one that already exists, or highlight your safety successes.
Award Submission
Get recognized for your creative initiatives in promoting Laboratory Safety Awareness on your campus. The award submission deadline is March 31st. Upload a summary of your institution’s initiative for the promotion of CSHEMA’s 2026 Laboratory Safety Week, highlighting the attributes described below:
- Deployment strategy
- Integration and quality of media and mediums
- Message clarity
- Originality
Lab Safety Awareness Week Resources
- Posters
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Below are LSAW posters with great information on a variety of lab safety topics. They can be customized on the bottom of each poster to include your institution’s logo and department contact information. The posters are available in English and Spanish, and come in SVG, PPTX, PNG, and PDF file formats.
Click the link next to each poster to access the poster’s files.
Greenhouse Safety
Greenhouses are integral to research and educational activities, yet safety concerns are frequently overlooked.
Greenhouse Safety
Makerspaces
Elements of safety-by-design, user training, and strategies for monitoring and access control are essential for makerspace safety.
Makerspaces
Engineering Controls
Identifying, getting familiar via training, and maintaining engineering control equipment is critical in protecting and saving lives and health.
Engineering Controls
Chemical Storage
Best Practices for Chemical Storage are critical to ensure community safety.
Chemical Storage
Personal Protective Equipment and General Lab Attire
Personal protective equipment (PPE) helps to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses.
PPE and General Lab Attire
We're All in this Together!
Safety is everyone’s responsibility. When each person in the lab does their part, the lab is a safer place to work.
We're All in this Together
Safety Equipment in the Lab
Identifying, getting familiar via training, and keeping and maintaining safety equipment are critical in protecting and saving lives and health in emergency situations.
Lab Safety Equipment
Lab Housekeeping
Good lab housekeeping reduces the number of accidents, minimizes risks & consequences of slips, trips, falls, unplanned reactions, and fire.
Lab Housekeeping
Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
The process of identifying hazards, determining the severity of potential risks, and establishing suitable/proper control measures in place are key components to keep the academic community safe.
Hazard Assessment
Compressed Gas Safety
Keeping compressed gas cylinders secured, closed, inspected, and used correctly is key to preventing accidents.
Compressed Gas Safety
Peroxide Forming Chemicals
Dangerous explosive peroxides can form when peroxide-forming chemicals are stored or mishandled.
Peroxide Forming Chemicals
- Activities (Member Only)
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Pre-made activities to enhance your Lab Safety Awareness Week experience! Below are a variety of activities that can be used as handouts, played alone, or played together as a group.
Click the link below to access all the activity files. Note: these files are only available through the CSHEMA Member Resource Library.
LSAW Bingo
Review lab safety topics by filling out a bingo card! Prizes could be offered for completed bingos or filled-out cards.
Virtual Escape Rooms
Can you escape the dangerous lab or solve the lab mystery? The LSAW virtual escape rooms offer two experiences that use a variety of lab safety topics.
Weekly Checklist
Hand out this checklist at the start of LSAW for labs to review their safety equipment, chemical storage, and more!
LSAW Word Puzzle
Use your knowledge of lab safety topics to complete this word search and answer the questions.
Yearly Safety Tasks
Stay on top of lab safety tasks with this safety task handout!
LSAW Jeopardy
Get a group or groups together and test their knowledge of lab safety topics with a round of Jeopardy!
- Contests (Member Only)
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Pre-made contest activities to enhance your Lab Safety Awareness Week experience! Below are a variety of contests that can be used as handouts or played together as a group.
Click the link below to access all the contest files. Note: these files are only available through the CSHEMA Member Resource Library.
Safety Mascot Competition
Create a lab safety mascot to promote lab safety. The first-place mascot will be shown at the CSHEMA annual conference!
LSAW Photo Competition
Take a picture of your lab safety expertise and get a LinkedIn shoutout from CSHEMA! Topics are updated daily during LSAW.
- Podcasts (Member Only)
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Has your team ever wanted to host a podcast? Linked below are sample scripts for a 3-5 minute podcast based on the LSAW posters. Note: these files are only available through the CSHEMA Member Library.
- Hazard Assessments and Risk
- PPE
- Peroxide Formers
- Makerspaces
- Lab Safety Equipment
- Lab Housekeeping
- Greenhouse Safety
- Engineering Controls
- Compressed Gases
- Chemical Storage
- All In This Together
- Social Media Posts (Member Only)
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If your department already has a social media presence or wants to start, below are pre-made social media posts that follow the LSAW posters. Note: these files are only available through the CSHEMA Member Library.
- Hazard Assessments and Risk
- PPE
- Makerspaces
- Lab Safety Equipment
- Lab Housekeeping
- Greenhouse Safety
- Engineering Controls
- Chemical Storage