Tragic lab accident kills young worker

Sheri Sangji at her graduation from Pomona College in May 2008.

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Sheri Sangji’s lab notes for December 29, 2008, the date of the fire.

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Sheri Sangji’s sister, Naveen, walks to a court hearing for Patrick Harran in Los Angeles.

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The UCLA campus

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The fume hood in the UCLA Molecular Sciences Building in which Sheri Sangji was working on Dec. 29, 2008.

 

A lab in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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Sheri Sangji’s sister, Naveen, center, listens during a court hearing for UCLA Professor Patrick Harran in June. To her right is Zahra Khan, a close friend of Sheri Sangji, who died after a lab fire in 2008.

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UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran and the UC Board of Regents face felony charges for the death of lab worker Sheri Sangji, a landmark worker safety case.

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