2023-06-28 03:18:00
▲ Thinking that the university laboratory freezer was too noisy, the cleaner turned off the power without authorization and destroyed the 7.8 million yuan research results.
Turning off the switch actually led to legal action! The source of the incident was that when a cleaner was cleaning a laboratory at a university in New York, he was annoyed by the continuous strong noise from the freezer, so he turned off the power without authorization. Although the noise disappeared immediately, it was unexpected that the scientific samples stored in the freezer, including cell culture dishes, were almost completely destroyed, with an estimated loss of nearly US$1 million (approximately HK$7.8 million). The company to which the cleaner belongs sued angrily.
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According to foreign media reports, the incident happened on September 17, 2020, when a cleaner from Daigle Cleaning Services (Daigle Cleaning Services) was working in the university laboratory (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) because the freezer was beeping, When the power was turned off, the temperature of the freezer immediately rose to -25.6°F (-32°C), and a large number of biological samples were destroyed as a result, and the university sued the cleaning company.
According to the university’s lawsuit, the freezer must maintain a constant temperature of -112°F (-80°C). Once the temperature is too high, an alarm will be triggered and a beep will sound; there is also a sign on the freezer door, “Do not move or unplug Unplug. This area does not need to be cleaned. To silence the alarm test mute button for 5 to 10 seconds.”
Michael Ginsberg, a lawyer representing the university, said that this is absolutely human negligence, which completely destroyed the university’s 25 years of research results. He added that $1 million is needed to redo the study.
Daiger Cleaning Services is headquartered in Albany, New York. As of last week, its president, Derek Foster, had not been contacted for a response. This incident occurred in September 2020, but the content of the lawsuit was only exposed by the media this week, and the amount of compensation has not yet been announced.
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