Staff & Contacts List
The Shop Safety Plan Template (Word) helps University units and departments address the potential hazards and risks associated with shops and maker spaces and to prevent injuries and incidents from occurring.
Visit the Shop and Maker Space Safety page for more information.
University personnel, students and visitors in shops and maker spaces may be exposed to hazardous machinery, physical hazards, hazardous materials or procedures that could result in injury.
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) provides resources for shops and maker spaces to address the health and safety issues they may encounter.
The Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Ergonomics Program helps University departments/units and personnel identify risk factors that can contribute to the development of work-related musculoskeletal injuries and determine solutions to eliminate or reduce these risk factors.
UW students and personnel hosting or sponsoring an event at a UW location where food will be served, sold, or given away may need to apply for a Temporary Food Service Permit from UW Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S).
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) tracks and investigates work-related incidents to help prevent injuries and illnesses, and to maintain safe and healthy workplaces.
The UW Employee Health Center in Environmental Health & Safety provides provides occupational health services for UW personnel who are not employed by UW Medicine medical facilities.
The EH&S Annual Report FY22 summarizes the work and accomplishments of the Environmental Health & Safety Department during fiscal year 2022.
The sections below contain administrative tools and resources for EH&S staff.
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EH&S has received reports of coyote sightings on the Seattle campus. Coyotes have been present at our campus locations and vicinity for years and they are an important part of our ecosystem.
Read the Coyotes on UW Campuses focus sheet for information on living and working around urban coyotes, preventing human-animal conflict, and reporting coyote activity our campuses.
The COVID-19 Guidelines Summary summarizes the current COVID-19 guidelines for the University of Washington.