
Dufault, a senior at Yale, was working alone on her senior project in a chemistry laboratory late at night on April 12 when her hair apparently became caught in a lathe - a rotating machine that shapes wood or metal. It is believed she was pulled into the machine and died of asphyxia. She was discovered in the lab by other students and emergency workers arrived sometime near 2:30 a.m.

where she worked on a plasma physics experiment.
The lab where Dufault was working, Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, was closed for a time following the accident and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating the accident.
Our thoughts go out to the families, friends and colleagues of Dufault and to the entire Yale community at the time of this tragic loss.
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