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UCLA Professor Arraigned in Fatal Accident

LA Times
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge entered a not guilty plea Wednesday on behalf of a UCLA chemistry professor arraigned on felony charges in a 2008 laboratory fire that killed a staff research assistant.

Judge Shelly Torrealba also set a preliminary hearing on Oct. 9 for professor Patrick Harran, who is charged with three counts of willfully violating state occupational health and safety standards.

UCLA 2009 Incident - Felony Charges

Sangji's lab notebook reveals that she
planned to react vinyl bromide with
tert-butyllithium as the first step of a
larger synthesis. ACS
Below are articles reviewing the most recent information on the investigation.

Los Angeles Times
A research assistant was fatally burned when chemicals burst into flame. Her death three years ago has focused attention on safety issues.
December 28, 2011