A serious academic laboratory accident occurred at Texas Tech University in January of 2010. As a result of internal assessment and subsequent investigations by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), we have been working on changing the safety climate at Texas Tech University over the past decade from nearly nonexistent or one of compliance to one where there is active work and thoughtfulness on the part of the administration, faculty, staff, and students to strive for improvement. In this two-part series, we explore the Texas Tech accident from a variety of perspectives. In part I we review the accident from a historical perspective as seen through the eyes of the faculty, administrators, and investigators who were principally involved. In part II we will explore how the accident acted as a galvanizing experience for the transformation of the safety culture, with a look at the current state of academic laboratory safety at Texas Tech.

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德州技术事故十年后：第一部分：历史回顾

2010年1月，德州理工大学发生了一次严重的学术实验室事故。由于内部评估以及美国化学安全与危害调查委员会（CSB）和美国国土安全部（DHS）进行的后续调查，我们在过去的十年中，致力于改变德克萨斯理工大学的安全环境，从几乎不存在或仅合规性到管理，教职员工和学生积极努力，有思想的工作以求改进。在这个由两部分组成的系列文章中，我们从多种角度探讨了德克萨斯技术事故。在第一部分中，我们从历史角度回顾了事故，从主要参与其中的教师，行政人员和调查人员的角度来看。