Resources

When an injury or near-miss event or illness occurs on University property, it should be reported through the appropriate incident reporting system. Descriptions of systems and instructions are included for reporting and investigating incidents. OSHA reporting requirements for severe employee injuries are also included.

Information on obtaining a space heater for your workspace, where to place space heater, their minimum specifications, and safety tips.

Review standardized documents with detailed information about the hazards, safe handling, storage, and emergency procedures for chemical products.

Access to mandatory annual training for laboratory personnel. Includes training records and transcripts, executive summaries, and the compliance checklist form. Lab safety training is required annually, as is site-specific training based on the hazards employees work with. Training is available in MyPath.

This procedure establishes the requirements for shipping biological materials and/or dry ice and can also be used as a training manual.

Import, export, and shipment checklists for shipping biological materials and dry ice.

Silica presents a hazard when respirable dust is created and inhaled. OSHA requires employers to limit worker exposure to silica dust. This control plan provides a description of tasks that may expose workers to silica dust, the engineering control plans for each task, and required respiratory protection that should be in place.

Identifies how to safely conduct a sprinkler system main drain test.

This procedure establishes how to execute semi-annual water flow tests on sprinkler systems.

Standpipes are part of the fire suppression system in buildings. Standpipes, generally located in the stairwells of buildings, allow the fire department to connect their hose on a certain floor to minimize the need for large amounts of hose. This procedure establishes the proper steps for completing standpipe testing for the University of Rochester River Campus, Medical Center, Eastman Campus, Memorial Art Gallery Campus and Off-Site locations.