Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) is excited to announce a one-time opportunity to exchange your eyewear for FREE
This special opportunity will take place on Wednesday, February 26th at 775B Tan Hall from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
CSHEMA's Lab Safety Awareness Week is held from February 10-14, 2025, and is intended to promote laboratory health and safety programs and offer information and ideas on how to keep our faculty, staff, and students safe.
Following guidance from Cal/OSHA and the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), UC Berkeley’s Guidelines on Protecting Workers from COVID-19 training, the COVID-19 Prevention Program, and the COVID-19 Workplace Exposure dashboard will be retired.
Please refer to the University Health Services website for the latest COVID-19 information.
Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) is preparing the 2025 Manufactured Nanoscale Materials Disclosure for the City of Berkeley.
If you use nanoscale materials in your lab, and
a. you have never filled out the Nanoscale Materials Information Form,
or,
b. you have begun using new nanoscale materials, or a new class of nanoscale materials
The following materials are for researchers, principal investigators, staff, and faculty involved in off-campus fieldwork–both domestic and international.
EH&S is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all employees. The role of Department Safety Coordinator (DSC) is instrumental in achieving this goal. EH&S has launched a Safety Newsletter to build community and raise awareness about safety topics.
Practice your Drop (or Lock), Cover, and Hold on this ShakeOut at 10:17 am on October 17.
We invite you to get involved by taking actionable steps to bolster your personal preparedness for earthquakes and other emergencies that can impact our campus and region.
Where? South Side of McCone Hall
When? 11 am to 2 pm Thursday, October 17
The town hall will be held on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 online from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm.
Zoom Meeting ID: 948 3905 3719
Passcode: 6427540.
Warmer temperatures are returning. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the region. Heat can be dangerous and potentially life-threatening. It is important to take precautions and to be prepared for high heat conditions. Please share this information with supervisors and employees in your department that work outdoors or may be exposed to high temperatures indoors during their workday.
Following the enactment of California law SB 553, UC Berkeley is introducing a Workplace Violence Prevention (WPVP) Plan. This plan is designed to protect you and everyone on campus by clearly outlining what constitutes prohibited conduct, including any act or threat of violence that occurs in the workplace.
Submit your self-inspection online through Inspect, an RSS web application.
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE 21ST ANNUAL LASER SAFETY VENDOR FAIR!
October 24, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | 775 Tan Hall
To ensure new lab members can obtain PPE, please review the following reminders.
A new Field Hazards section was added to LHAT earlier this year. If you have not already done so, please complete the field hazards section by following these directions:
Please review important changes to hazardous waste disposal costs.
Please review the following lab coat reminders and share this information with your lab members.
EH&S is now offering bulk lab coat replacements. This time of the year is a good time to exchange your lab coat for a clean one, even if there are no visible stains or spillage on it.
To request bulk lab coat replacements (5 or more coats), email ppe@berkeley.edu
EH&S has been notified of intermittent performance issues with the UC Learning Center. Some learners have reported error messages when launching online content.
Incident Resolved.
2:16 PM, Wednesday, August 14, UC Learning System Status is Operational.
UC Berkeley EH&S is offering to match the University of California Office of the President's Be Smart About Safety (BSAS) funding to provide limited support for machine guard purchases in campus shops. The BSAS funds will allow EH&S to match the cost of one guard up to a certain limit in order to distribute funds as equitably as possible across all shops.
Following are the instructions for receiving and applying the funds:
Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) is in the process of tagging all chemicals in all buildings on campus in response to new chemical inventory requirements issued by the UC Office of the President (also see MAQ project page).
Californians are staring down an unusually long and dangerous heat wave. Public health officials are opening cooling centers and urging caution as folks head out to celebrate the Fourth of July in what the National Weather Service says could be several days of 110-degree temperatures.
A researcher walking towards an optical table was exposed to a laser beam that reflected off a hex ball driver tool. Another researcher at a nearby bench was installing an optical component on a breadboard when the hex ball driver he was using inadvertently moved into an active beam path. The hex ball tool had a reflective surface.