Workplace Safety

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

Report of Unsafe Condition or Hazard

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2001

Hazard Correction Form

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2001

This form should be used in conjunction with the “Report of Unsafe Condition” form (IIPP Form 1), as appropriate, to track the correction of identified hazards.

Q-Brace Guidelines

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2005

These guidelines provide directions for proper restraint of common building contents in typical spaces on the UC Berkeley campus. The individual detail sheets are designed to cover common contents in each kind of space, and the materials called for are generic supplies available in most hardware and building supply stores.

Laboratory-Specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2009

A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a written set of instructions that document how to safely perform work involving hazardous materials or hazardous operations. SOPs are required by Cal/OSHA . There are no specific legal requirements regarding their content.

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

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2008

Confined Space Entry (CSE) Program and Program Flow Chart for Construction, Electrical, Telecommunications or an Excavation.

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2008

Confined Space Entry (CSE) Program and Program Flow Chart for Non-Permit CSE

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2008

Confined Space Evaluation/Entry Form

Office of Environment, Health & Safety

Confined Space Entry Permit

Office of Environment, Health & Safety

Respiratory Protection

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2007

There are several ways to protect against exposure to airborne contaminants. The most effective are engineering and administrative controls. (Engineering controls can include measures such as increasing ventilation or installing a fume hood; administrative controls involve changes in work procedures.) The law requires that these controls be considered before employees are issued respirators. If engineering and administrative controls are infeasible, respirators can be assigned.