A survey of 102 New Jersey secondary school science teachers, department chairpersons, and supervisors concerning their laboratory accident-rate was conducted during the 1981-82 school year. Results indicate that accidents occur on a weekly basis even among a sample of experienced teachers who were interested in safety. The number of accidents reported was 4,721, which is equivalent to 1.29 per teacher per week. Thirty-seven percent of the respondents reported a major accident had occurred in their teaching experience (one requiring a doctor's care). Other findings of importance were that laboratory facilities appear to be less than comprehensive in the area of eye safety and those teachers with advanced degrees and the most experiences have significantly fewer accidents. Questionnaire used in the survey, comments concerning survey question C2 ("Do you feel that authors forewarn you enough as to the safety of a proposed laboratory experiment?"), list of major accidents reported (from those included in the survey), and list of other accidents reported not included in the survey are provided in appendices. (JN)