Manuals and Publications

Manuals

Guides and Plans

Brochures

Tips

Posters

Manuals

• Laboratory Safety Manual
  Last revision February 2007.
• Biosafety Manual
  Last revision January 2003.
• Radiation Safety Manual
  Last revision September 2003.
• Laser Safety Manual
  Last revision August 2007
• Principles of Radiation Protection
  Last revision January 2006.
• Diving Safety Manual (pdf)
  Last revision April 2007.
• Facilities Chemical Waste Manual (pdf)
  Last revision March 2008.

Guides and Plans

• Health and Safety Plans
• EH&S Resource Guide for UW Supervisors and Leaders
• Infectious/Biomedical Waste Management Plan (pdf) (doc)
  Last revision March 2006.
• Laboratory Safety Design Guide
• Montlake Landfill Methane Action Plan
• Montlake Landfill Project Guide (pdf) (04/08)
  
• New Employee Health and Safety Orientation Checklist (pdf) (doc)
• Pandemic Flu Guidance (link to UW Emergency Management website)

Brochures

• Hazard Communication for the Office and Computer Products (pdf)

TIPS

• Chemical Waste Generators Checklist (pdf)
• Dry Shippers (pdf)
• Hazardous Waste Accumulation (pdf)
• Hydrofluoric Acid (pdf)
• Nitrated Compounds (pdf)
• Picric Acid (pdf)
• Shipping Hazardous Materials (pdf)

Posters

Required Posters

• Family Medical Leave Act Poster (US Department of Labor website) (8/01)
• Hazard Communication Poster (pdf) (2/99)
• Job Safety and Health Protection (pdf) (12/4) or email request to ehsdept@u.washington.edu
• Notice to Employees - If an Injury Occurs (pdf) (9/03)
• Washington Minimum Wage (pdf) (11/06) (Posting Recommended)
• Your Rights as a Non-agricultural Worker (pdf) (11/05)

Equal Opportunity Office Required Posters

For the following posters, email: eoo@u.washington.edu, Equal Opportunity Office.

• University of Washington Disability Accommodations (1/00)
• University of Washington Equal Opportunity Statement (1/00)
• The University of Washington Wants Your Help to Stop Sexual Harrassment (8/99)

Other Important Posters

• Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (1/06)
• Workplace Violence posters available from the University of Washington Police: 206-543-9338 or email request to the Crime Prevention Unit at gbr@u.washington.edu.
• Emergency Procedures (8.5" x 11") (pdf) (link to UW Emergency Management website)
• Emergency Procedures (11" x 17") (pdf) (link to UW Emergency Management website)