工学部長の瀬戸口です。
本日，８月１０日は，「工学部安全の日」です。
今から３０年前の平成４年８月１０日，当時，助手であった先生と博士後期課程１年の大学院生のお二人が亡くなるという重大な事故が発生いたしました。
原因は，液化窒素から発生した多量の窒素による酸欠とされております。
ここに，亡くなられたお二人，ご遺族の方々に謹んで哀悼の意を表します。
工学部では，この出来事を重く受け止め，安全の徹底によって，工学部を事故の無い教育・研究の場とすることを誓い，８月１０日を「工学部安全の日」と定めました。
今年の３月まで，新型コロナウイルス感染拡大防止対策の一環として，全学的に登校を制限し，オンラインによる授業を続けておりましたが，４月からは，感染防止対策を前提としつつ，対面授業が再開されました。教職員，学生の皆さまには，様々な変化に対応いただき，ありがとうございます。
感染防止対策が長期化したことで，感染に対する意識の低下や，防止対策が疎かになっていることがあるかもしれません。皆さんがひとりひとり感染対策を継続することでリスクを低減させ，皆さん自身を守ることに繋がります。
また，実験や作業にあたっても，常にリスクがあることを意識し，引き続き，安全を心掛けてください。そして，みなさんが最良の方法を選択し，実践することこそが安全を築き上げる大きな力となります。
私たちはこれからも，安全に教育や研究ができるように，安全衛生管理室を中心に様々な取り組みを途切れることなく，実施していく所存です。
今後とも，ご協力よろしくお願いいたします。
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Address by the Dean on the Safety Campaign Day at the School of Engineering
This is SETOGUCHI Tsuyoshi, Dean of the School of Engineering.
Today, August 10th is the day for safety campaign at School of Engineering.
30 years ago today, the 10th of August in 1992, a tragic accident took away the precious lives of an assistant professor and a doctor course student.
This accident is believed to be caused by oxygen deficiency due to large quantities of nitrogen generated from liquid nitrogen.
On this occasion, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the two colleagues who passed away and to their families.
The School of Engineering took this accident seriously and designated August 10 as the “Safety Campaign Day” resolving to keep the school a safe place for education and research with strict safety measures.
Until March of this year, as part of measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, school attendance was restricted and online classes continued, but from April, face-to-face classes have resumed, subject to infection prevention measures. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all our staff and students for coping with the various changes.
The prolonged implementation of infection prevention measures may have resulted in a decline in awareness of infection and a lack of attention to infection prevention measures. Our prolonged battle against the pandemic may cause you to become complacent or feel less mindful of the need for infection control measures. Continuing such measures one by one does reduce the risks of infection and helps you to protect yourselves.
I call on you to be constantly aware of risks in your experiments and work as well as to always keep safety in mind. Choosing and implementing the best methods will be tremendously helpful in establishing safety.
We will continue to ceaselessly engage in various activities centered on the Safety and Health Office to ensure that we can safely conduct education and research.
I look forward to your continued cooperation.