Mission

EHSS actively promotes a positive, responsible, integrated safety culture at all levels of the university community, advocates providing a safe and healthy living, learning, and working environment for all, and assists departments with complying with regulations and mandates.

EHSS accomplishes our role of regulatory liaison through education, consultation, and compliance monitoring.

• EHSS educates top management on environmental, health and safety issues and actively promotes integrating these issues into the business plan and day-to-day operations of the university.
• EHSS supports departmental efforts to recognize, evaluate and control hazards, and integrate environmental, health and safety considerations into their daily operations and planning, by imparting knowledge and affirming roles and responsibilities.
• EHSS supports employee’s efforts to maintain a safe and healthy workplace by providing training, information, consultation, and effective feedback in a courteous, ethical, professional, timely manner.
• EHSS provides necessary services to the university community to monitor and ensure a safe and healthy living, learning and working environment.

Organization

• Director (vacant)
  • Bernadette Mondy, Laboratory Safety
  • Doug Smiley, Radiation Safety
  • Zachary Adams, Occupational Safety and Health

Technical Areas

Laboratory Safety serves all university members by helping to create a safe work environment through the promotion of laboratory safety, responsible disposal of hazardous wastes, and environmental oversight. Programs include: Biosafety Chemical/Hazardous Waste Disposal Eye Wash and Safety Showers Fume Hood Certification Environmental Compliance Pollution Prevention Surplus Chemicals Hazardous Materials Spill Response

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)'s serves all university members by helping to create a safe and healthy work environment through the promotion of occupational safety, fire safety and occupational health programs. OSH staff also perform industrial hygiene monitoring and evaluations of potential health hazards, and assist with the development of controls to reduce or eliminate exposure to these hazards. Programs include: Asbestos Operations and Maintenance Bloodborne Pathogens Confined Spaces Contractor Safety Construction Safety Electrical Safety Ergonomics Excavation Safety Fall Protection Fire and Life Safety Hazard Communication/Right to Know Hearing Conservation Indoor Air Quality Laser Safety Lead Hazard Control Lockout/Tagout Machinery and Equipment Safety Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protection Walking-Working Surfaces (ladders, stairs, scaffolds)

Radiation Safety provides guidance and support to all users of radioactive isotopes and x-ray equipment at the University. Programs include: Radiation Safety X-Ray Safety