Zara Llewellyn
Health Sciences Building, T-Wing
Room T287B
Unit Phone: 206.221.7770
Mailstop 357165
Your Health and Safety Committee
Health & Safety Committees provide valuable contributions to the UW’s total workplace safety program. Ten committees represent all UW employees, and the new two-year term for these committees...
Youth Safety Presentation to U-Wide Committee
The following presentation was presented to the U-Wide Health and Safety Committee on May 8, 2019, by Caroline Shelton.
X-ray Equipment Transfer and Disposal form
Created and used by EH&S’s Radiation Safety Program
Working Safely with Dry Ice
Dry ice, the solid form of carbon dioxide (CO2), is commonly used in UW research. Its properties allow for rapid cooling of materials, but also pose unique worker safety hazards. This focus sheet...
Water Testing
EH&S collaborates with campus partners to maintain water quality for consumption and use on campus. We conduct pool and spa inspections and can arrange for testing of drinking water as needed for...
Work safely with dry ice
EH&S has published a new guidance sheet focused on working safely with dry ice. This useful resource reviews the hazards and appropriate precautions that should be used with dry ice, commonly...
Warning Sign for Lead Storage Area
Print and post this sign in areas or on containers where metallic lead is stored.
Warning Sign for Lead Use Area
Post this sign in locations where metallic lead is being used.
Will Love
Stevens Court C
Room SCC130
Unit Phone: 206.221.7770
Mailstop 357165
Workplace Concussions: Identify, Respond and Prevent
Concussions can happen to anyone, not just athletes. Employees working at heights, researchers in laboratories, and theater arts students performing onstage or behind the scenes may be exposed to...
When to Go to the Employee Health Center
The Employee Health Center provides scheduled preventive health care for UW employees who are at higher risk for occupational exposures to potentially hazardous materials. We provide physical exams,...
Wildfire Smoke Alert for September 17, 2020
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has released a Wildfire Smoke Alert for the Puget Sound Region. During smoke events, the main pollutants of concern are the fine particles suspended in the air that...
Work safely with human materials
Human source materials, including human cell lines, blood, tissues and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) are commonly used biohazards in UW research labs. Potentially infectious human...