CSB: Lack of accountability, oversight led to Texas Tech lab explosion
Grad student lost three fingers
A investigaton by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has found that systemic deficiencies led to a chemistry laboratory explosion at Texas Tech University in January of 2010 that seriously injured a graduate student
The CSB's final report, which was released yesterday, faulted the principal investigators, the chemistry department and the university administration for failing to provide adequate oversight.