EHS at a glance
- 840+Emergency eyewash stations tested annually
- 350+Emergency showers tested annually
- 710+ Fume hoods verified annually
- 6000+Persons trained by EHS annually
- 300+ Sharps disposal containers for safe disposal of needles and other sharps in campus restrooms
- 15Technical & Administrative staff with 300+ collective years of EHS expertise serving the University
EHS Facts
- Universities face unusual Occupational Health & Safety challenges (Venables & Allender, 2006)
- High research universities exhibit elevated & complex health and safety challenges
- Effective workplace EHS programs reduce injury & illness cost by 15-35 % (OSHA, 2012)
Institutional Safety Committees