Open two-way communication between management and employees on health and safety issues is essential to an injury-free, productive workplace. A variety of established communication systems to communicate safety issues to everyone are available:
Mandatory Safety Training
- EHS Workplace Safety Training: required for all UC Berkeley employees
- EHS 503 Safety for Supervisors: required for all supervisors
- Safety Training Assessment & Records Tool (START)
- Research Compliance training website
- Safety Training Attendance Record form word | pdf
- New Employee Safety Training Record form word | pdf
Safety Inspections
- EH&S Inspections
- Self-Inspections
- Self-Assessment Forms
Written Safety Communications
Communicating Safety Concerns
- Tell your supervisor
- Tell your Lab Safety Coordinator (if designated) and the Department Safety Coordinator
- Complete Report of Unsafe Condition or Hazard word | pdf
- Contact EH&S
- (510) 642-3073
- ehs@berkeley.edu
- Anonymously report a safety concern
- Contact Human Resources/Campus Shared Services and/or your union representative
- Request a Safety Pause
- Employees have the ability to request a Safety Pause to address a condition, behavior, or plan that they believe to be unsafe and that requires immediate action.
- A good faith request for a Safety Pause made under this program constitutes a "protected disclosure" under the University of California Whistleblower Protection Policy.
Campus Safety Committees
Certain high-hazard activities and equipment require additional safety training and written pre-approval. Faculty-led committees issue use authorizations for high hazard activities to ensure the work is safe and monitored appropriately. These include:
- Animal Care and Use Committee
- Committee for Laboratory and Environmental Biosafety
- Laboratory Operations and Safety Committee
- Non-Ionizing Radiation Safety Committee
- Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects
- Radiation Safety Committee
- Scientific Diving and Small Boat Safety Board
A variety of other campus committees, including health & safety committees provided for by the applicable union contracts, address safety and encourage employee participation.