Workplace Safety

The campuswide Workplace Safety Program serves as the university’s central program for creating a safe and healthful work environment. 

UC Berkeley Mold Awareness and Guidance

Overview

Mold is a type of fungus that can produce spores which are released into the air. Mold can be found everywhere and can be detected year-round, both indoors and outdoors. Persistent warm and humid conditions promote mold growth. Exposure to damp and moldy environments may cause a variety of health effects, or none at all. For people who are sensitive to mold, exposure can cause nasal stuffiness, throat irritation, coughing or wheezing, eye irritation, and in some cases, skin irritation.

No matter what type of mold is present it should be removed.

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Nitric Acid Waste Over-pressurization Event

July 3, 2018
Office of Environment, Health, and Safety
What happened?

A graduate student researcher was consolidating aqueous nitric acid solutions into a 4-L bottle marked as hazardous waste. The bottle was stored inside a fume hood along with other waste bottles, organic reagent bottles, a hotplate and an oil bath. The fume hood sash was left open when all researchers left at the end of the day.

Several hours later, a custodian entered the lab and saw broken glass and brown liquid on the floor. It appears that the nitric acid waste was stored in a bottle that contained residual organic compounds, the combination of which generated...

Operating a Pedestal Grinder

Facilities Services

Operating a Pedestal Grinder - Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

Related JSAs

Using an Angle Grinder

Operating a Bench Grinder

Operating the Bench Grinder - ASUC Art Studio

Operating a Bench Grinder

Facilities Services

Operating a Bench Grinder - Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

Related JSAs

Using an Angle Grinder

Operating a Pedestal Grinder

Operating the Bench Grinder - ASUC Art Studio

Operating the Bench Grinder - ASUC Art Studio

ASUC Auxiliary Art Studio

Operating the Bench Grinder - ASUC Art Studio

Related JSAs

Using an Angle Grinder

Operating a Pedestal Grinder

Operating a Bench Grinder

Pressure Washing

Facilities Services
2020

Facilities Services Pressure Washing

Sanders - Operating a 48-Inch Drum Sander

Facilities Services
2003

Job Safety Analysis (JSAs)

Drum Sander Operating a 48-Inch Drum Sander Belt Sanders Operating a 6X18 Belt Sander Operating a Glass Belt Sander...

One Glove Policy

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2021
Do not use gloves to touch common surfaces (elevator buttons, door handles, card swipes, etc.) Only ONE GLOVE may be used to transport chemicals and samples through common areas. Use of one glove prevents chemical contamination in common areas.

Respiratory Protection Program

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2025

EH&S evaluates workplaces for possible airborne hazards and recommends ways to reduce these hazards when found. When appropriate, EH&S will fit campus workers with respirators and provide annual training on their proper use. This program is administered in cooperation with University Health Services. UHS evaluates a person's ability to safely wear a respirator prior to a respirator being issued. For more information contact EH&S at ehs@berkeley.edu.

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Respiratory Protection

EH&S evaluates workplaces for possible airborne hazards and recommends ways to reduce these hazards when found. When appropriate, EH&S will fit campus workers with respirators and provide annual training on their proper use. This program is administered in cooperation with University Health Services. UHS evaluates a person's ability to safely wear a respirator prior to a respirator being issued. For more information contact EH&S at ehs@berkeley.edu.

Do not...