Workplace Safety

The Public Health Flowchart for COVID-19 and Respiratory Virus Symptoms (PDF) provides instructions for University personnel and students if you feel sick, test positive, or are exposed, and know when to report illness.

The Prevent Stormwater Pollution Focus Sheet asks the UW campus community to protect our waterways by keeping pollutants out of stormwater drains and reporting spills to EH&S.

Rescue services for confined spaces must be specially qualified, trained, and equipped personnel to enter and remove Entrants from confined spaces. This could be a special unit within a local fire department or a third party company. To meet regulations, the UW unit or department/Confined Space Owner/Entry Supervisor must evaluate rescue services to determine qualified providers that can perform rescues in the specific UW confined spaces with the PRCS Rescue Service Evaluation Form.

The Permit-Required Confined Space (PRCS) Entry Form is required for entry into any permit-required confined space. The PRCS Entry Form may be used for either an alternative methods entry or a permit entry depending on the hazards present in the space and the ability to eliminate or control the hazards.

University units can use the Supplemental Accident Prevention Plan (SAPP) Template to organize their worksite-specific health and safety information, and address employee protections from site-specific occupational hazards that extend beyond the University of Washington Accident Prevention Plan.

Visit the Accident Prevention Plan webpage for more information.

Use the Field Work Risk Assessment Tool (Word) to conduct a risk assessment prior to a new field project, experiment, or procedure.

Follow the Field Work Risk Assessment Guidelines when conducting a risk assessment.