Workplace Safety

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

Reproductive Hazards in the Laboratory

Office of Environment, Health & Safety

Tritium Self-Illuminating Exit Signs

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2008

Fact Sheet: Tritium Self-Illuminating Exit Signs

Phenol: Hazards and Precautions

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2003

Hazards and Precautions, Phenol - Fact Sheet

Flammable & Combustible Liquids Storage In Campus Laboratories

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2006

California Fire Code (CFC) regulations limit the quantity of flammable and combustible liquids that can be stored in research and teaching laboratories. This fact sheet provides a simplification of the complicated CFC regulations, and establishes standard practice at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). For questions not covered in this fact sheet, or for assistance with more complicated issues, please contact the Office of Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) for situation-specific guidance.

Space Heaters

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2002

Space Heaters in University Buildings Fact Sheet

The Fire Prevention Division of the Office of Environment, Health & Safety discourages University employees from using space heaters in their workplaces because of fire risks.

Petibone

2011
Forklift Safety Program - University of California, Berkeley

This program guides all aspects of the Forklift and Industrial Lift Truck Safety Program for the University of California at Berkeley. As mandated by Cal/OSHA and other regulatory compliance codes, this program guides compliance with, and application of, all legal requirements for UC Berkeley departments, field stations and work / research operations that use these types of equipment....

Narrow Aisle Truck

2011
Forklift Safety Program - University of California, Berkeley

This program guides all aspects of the Forklift and Industrial Lift Truck Safety Program for the University of California at Berkeley. As mandated by Cal/OSHA and other regulatory compliance codes, this program guides compliance with, and application of, all legal requirements for UC Berkeley departments, field stations and work / research operations that use these types of equipment.

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Nanotechnology: Guidelines for Safe Research Practices

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2008

Nanotechnology: Guidelines for Safe Research Practices, Fact Sheet

Power Failures

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2024

Power Outages: Preparation and Response

Note: Power Outage guidance for Food Facilities, Swimming Pools, and Campus Housing is not included in this resource. Please see the Power Outages: Preparation and Response Health Considerations resource (coming soon).

My lab or shop is moving, what I do I need to do in order to properly vacate?

Contact EH&S as soon as possible for planning to vacate a laboratory or shop space. Vacating technical workspaces may require furniture, equipment, and chemical moves along with cleaning and chemical inventory updates.

In general, equipment and items for relocation need to be free of contamination before moving, giving to Excess or discarding. Laboratories, shops, etc. also need to be cleaned prior to re-occupancy.