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EHS at a glance

  • 840+Emergency eyewash stations tested annually
  • 350+Emergency showers tested annually
  • 710+ Fume hoods verified annually
  • 6000+Persons trained by EHS annually
  • 300+ Sharps disposal containers for safe disposal of needles and other sharps in campus restrooms
  • 15Technical & Administrative staff with 300+ collective years of EHS expertise serving the University

EHS Facts

  • Universities face unusual Occupational Health & Safety challenges (Venables & Allender, 2006)
  • High research universities exhibit elevated & complex health and safety challenges
  • Effective workplace EHS programs reduce injury & illness cost by 15-35 % (OSHA, 2012)