Building Safety

To keep campus buildings safe, building coordinators and alternates serve as important liaisons between the occupants of their building and various campus service and support units.

Job Safety Analysis

Job Safety Analysis or JSAs describes job tasks in step-by-step fashion, identifies associated hazards at each step, and outlines proper hazard controls that minimize the risk of injury or illness to the individual(s) performing that task.

Getting Started with Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

How do I write or find a JSA? The objective of providing this library is to:

Improve safety awareness among staff Decrease injury rates Make effective JSA resources available to the entire UC Berkeley campus

Construction

This page provides important safety information and environmental guidance specifically for construction contractors working on UC Berkeley projects. Contractors are responsible for understanding and complying with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations related to their work on campus. Please note that all construction projects on campus are managed by UC Berkeley Capital Strategies, which is responsible for planning, design, construction, and project delivery. For all questions, concerns, or complaints related to UC Berkeley construction projects, members of the campus...

Contractor Safety Manual (Spanish)

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2026

Manual de Seguridad del Contratista

Este manual es previsto por la Universidad de California, Berkeley como una guía para ayudar a los contratistas que trabajan en la construcción en la Universidad de California en Berkeley (la Universidad).

Los contratistas de construcción son responsables de su propio programa de seguridad.

Los temas que son presentados en este manual son recordatorios y no reemplazan las obligaciones en su contrato. Contratistas de construcción deben ser conscientes de sus propias obligaciones para cumplir con las regulaciones...

Contractor Safety Manual (English)

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2026

This manual is provided by the University of California, Berkeley as a guide to help construction contractors work on the UC Berkeley campus.

Construction contractors are responsible for their own safety program.

The topics highlighted in this manual are reminders and do not replace obligations provided by contract documents. Construction contractors must be aware of their own obligations to comply with local, state and federal regulations as applicable to their work activities on campus.

For clarification or further explanation, please contact your UC Berkeley Project...

Fire Safety

Providing inspections, plan review, and code consultation; serving as a fire protection and life safety resource for all UC Berkeley-owned and occupied buildings. Fire Safety icon How Do I:

Get construction plans reviewed?

Plans Review

Regardless of cost or scope, all construction projects at UC Berkeley require consultation with the Campus Fire Marshal.

The Campus Fire Marshal’s office requires submittal of 100% construction documents for review and final approval with signature. A project manager may elect to submit any or all of the following drawings in earlier design phases for review and comment:

Preliminary Design Drawings

Schematic Design Drawings

Design Development...

Fire Extinguishers

Fact Sheets Fire Safety for Field Work Fire Safety for Animal Behavior Field Stations Additional Resources Fire Prevention ans Safety Using the Right Type of Fire...

Campus Appeal Process for Code Application or Violation Disputes

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2015

In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Regents of the University of California (effective date May 22, 2015), the UC Berkeley campus Office of Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) Fire Prevention Division (FPD) has established this formal appeal process to facilitate dispute resolution at the campus level.

When a campus entity wishes to appeal a dispute regarding one or more requirements enforced by an FPD staff member, the issue will be discussed with the Lead Designated Campus Fire Marshal (Lead DCFM)....

Fire & Life Safety: Doors

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
Changing Door Locks

All doors on campus must comply with state law requiring exit doors to be operable from the inside without the use of a key or any special knowledge or effort. (California Building Code 1008.1.9, 2013 Ed.)

The intent of this code is to provide that any occupant of a room shall be able to open the door with one single motion which causes all locks and latches to simultaneously disengage. Deadbolts, padlocks/combination locks with clasps, and chain locks are examples of locking devices which are in violation of the California Building Code. Security locks installed on...

Evacuating Campus Building Upon Activation of a Fire Alarm

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2009

Evacuating Campus Building Upon Activation of a Fire Alarm - Fact Sheet