AN INCIDENT AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY DESCRIBED AS A “NEAR MISS TO A FATALITY” IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS A WORKER ENTERED A LAB ROOM IN SEPTEMBER DESPITE A LOW-OXYGEN ALARM SOUNDING. THE INCIDENT WAS CHARACTERIZED AS POTENTIALLY DEADLY AND A VIOLATION OF BUILDING REQUIREMENTS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOL.
A LANL SPOKESMAN SAYS THE LAB IS COOPERATING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
