Equipment and Tool Safety

Providing resources and guidance for the safe use of tools by UC Berkeley personnel.

Confined Space Entry Program

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2021

The Confined-Space Entry Program provides procedures, practices, and requirements necessary to ensure the safety of personnel working inside confined spaces. This program applies to all UC Berkeley faculty, staff, students, and contractors performing confined-space entries on the UC Berkeley campus or at associated field stations and offices.

Confined Space Entry Program for Construction, Telecommunications Operations and Electrical Work...

Welding and Hot Work Program

Gary Bayne

The UC Berkeley Hot Work Program provides procedures and supplemental information for welding and other hot work on campus. This program is designed to prevent injuries, prevent fire, control hazards, and to ensure compliance with Cal/OSHA safety regulations and the California Fire Code. The procedures outlined in this program must be followed by staff who perform welding and other hot work on UC Berkeley property.

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Eye Washes

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2012

Pipettes - Ergonomics

University Health Services

Ergonomic pipettes differ from traditional manual pipettes in that the design offers a way to reduce the force required to perform the pipetting task.

ATVs and Snowmobiles

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2014

Back-country Safety Equipment and Training

ATV and Snowmobile Safety Gear and PPE Recommendations for Back-country Field Safety, EH&S Shared Google Document

Machine Guarding

Machine GuardingCalOSHA code requires that any machine part, function, or process which may cause injury must be safeguarded. When the operation of a machine or accidental contact with it can injure the operator or others in the vicinity, the hazards must be either controlled or eliminated. All physical machine guards must be appropriate for the hazard involved, secured in place,...

Crane/Hoist Safety Program

UC Berkeley’s Office of Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) manages Crane Safety to ensure Cal/OSHA compliance by campus Departments, Field Stations, and Contractors using University-owned overhead cranes, hoists and rigging. Administrative requirements, training requirements, recordkeeping requirements, inspection criterion and procedures, “Operator” and “Standby Person” safe-work procedures are included for all types of cranes and hoists that are used for lifting/moving equipment and materiel.

There are two classes of cranes/hoists defined according to rated load capacities...

Moving Drums by Drum Dolly

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2005

Environment, Health & Safety – Chemical Waste
Moving Drums by Drum Dolly

Contractor Safety Manual (Spanish)

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2012

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
2012

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...