TIPS FOR PREVENTING WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS OEHS provides the following excerpt for University Supervisors from the Arbil safety blog: Each year, more than two million workers are injured severely enough on the job that they cannot return to work and need ongoing medical care. As a supervisor, it’s your job to help protect employees from accidents […]
Read MoreUNIVERSITY OF UTAH VEHICLE OPERATION[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col] [bs_col class=”col-sm-8″] Reminder to university employees operating university vehicles: Operators and all passengers must wear seat belts while in an operating vehicle. It is never acceptable to transport passengers in the back (or bed) of a pickup truck or similar vehicle. The reason why is safety. Research […]
Read MoreRECEIVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col] [bs_col class=”col-sm-8″]Hundreds of packages are shipped to and from campus daily. A small but important subset of these goods have been identified as posing an elevated or significant risk to public health, property and the environment while in transit. Numerous federal regulations exists to ensure the safe transportation of […]
Read MoreFIRE SAFETY AND UTAH’S JULY 24 STATE HOLIDAY REMINDER for July 24 holiday: The university and surrounding Salt Lake City neighborhoods are still prohibited from using any kind of fireworks. (See the map here). Hot and dry conditions warrant extreme care along the University’s east bench especially. Fireworks and open fires of any kind are not […]
Read MoreHEAT ILLNESS FACTS With the days already hot, it is important to take precautions to avoid heat-related illnesses, which occur when the body is unable to cool itself efficiently after exposure to heat stressors. Heat illness is a serious medical condition that can lead to death if the body’s core temperature is not cooled down […]
Read MoreON-THE-JOB INURY REPORTING[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″]Supervisors play a critical role in the university’s occupational health and safety compliance programs. As this regards notification of on the job incidents, supervisor’s actions are essential to the university efforts. The university is obligated to report the following to OSHA: All work-related fatalities, within eight hours of finding […]
Read MoreFIRE SAFETY AND UTAH’S JULY HOLIDAYS[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″]The U and surrounding Salt Lake City neighborhoods are once again prohibited from using any kind of fireworks during the July holidays (see the map). Hot and dry conditions warrant extreme care along the university’s east bench especially. Fireworks and open fires of any kind are […]
Read MoreOUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND SEVERE WEATHER[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″]With the warm weather upon us, outdoor activities such as concerts, picnics and barbecues will be a great ways to create fun and team unity. However; injuries caused by lightning strikes are the number one serve weather incidents for the state of Utah. If you are […]
Read MoreSAFETY STAND DOWN 2016 – LADDER SAFETY: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″]The Department of Occupational Environmental Health and Safety would like to thank all employees and departments that participated in this years Safety Stand Down – Ladder Safety that was conducted throughout the month of May. We are pleased to announce […]
Read MoreTHE MOVE FROM EHS TO OEHS[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″]It doesn’t happen all that often, but departments on campus change their names. It happens for various reasons, such as responding to a transitioning industry landscape. Since our campus safety culture survey in January, we’ve spent the last three months analyzing the data collected. Now we […]
Read More2016 SAFETY STAND DOWN[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″] There are 136,118 ladder related injuries reported in the United States annually. During 2008, the latest year for which statistics are available, work-related falls from ladders resulted in approximately 119 fatalities and an estimated 17,540 serious injuries. Join us as we “STAND DOWN FOR SAFETY.” The Environmental […]
Read MoreBIOSAFETY RESEARCH UPDATE[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″]Laboratory studies involving recombinant and synthetic nucleic acids are regulated by the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA) and non-exempt studies require registration with, and approval by, the University of Utah Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC). Violations of NIH guidelines are serious and have to be reported to the NIH […]
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