Workplace Safety

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

Carcinogens

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2012

Carcinogens Fact Sheet

Emergency Ventilation Shut-Off Controls

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2008

Fact Sheet: Emergency Ventilation Shut-Off Controls

Nanotechnology: Guidelines for Safe Research Practices

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2008

Nanotechnology: Guidelines for Safe Research Practices, Fact Sheet

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

Dust and Debris When Mounting Seismic Wall Bracing

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2007

Fact Sheet: Procedures to Control Dust and Debris When Mounting Seismic Wall Bracing

Windsurfer, rigging

Department of Recreational Sports
2005

Recreational Sports - Cal Adventures
Rigging Windsurfer

Milling

UC Printing Services
Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2003

Operating a Milling Machine - Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Shops

Please contact the PPE coordinator at ppe@berkeley.edu or by calling (510) 642-3073 if you have any questions or comments about personal protective equipment for your shop.

UC Berkeley Fall Protection Safety Program

Office of Environment, Health & Safety

In 2009, nationally there were fatal 520 falls, while in California there were 54 fatal falls of which 41 would have been prevented with adequate fall protection. Cal/OSHA has Fall Protection Safety regulations that ensure safe-work activities when the possibility of falling is present. The University of California, Berkeley (UCB) has developed this Fall Protection Safety Program to manage the safe selection, procurement, use of and safe work practices, inspection and record keeping of all fall protection equipment (FPE). Included are guidelines for identification and correction of...