Laboratory Safety In Vocational Education: An Administrator's Perspective

As school curricula have expanded to include more occupational and technical subjects, the potential for situations that contribute to accidents has increased (Kigin. 1983; Ramp, Johnson, & McLuckie, 1975). What are schools doing to ensure a safe environment for students? In a survey of administrators and vocational teachers in Missouri, Dyrenfurth and Lindhart (1981) found that classroom and laboratory instruction were most often cited as the major safety program activities.