The University Health & Safety Committee desires to recognize OSU members who are taking extra steps to promote health and safety, and to reduce accidents, incidents, and injuries to employees, students or visitors. The new Safety Recognition Program provides a medium to recognize faculty, staff and student employees for their positive behaviors and actions. Examples might include actions, programs, safety achievements, or an approach that places safety at its forefront.

In an attempt to better serve OSU faculty and staff, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) hosted an informational seminar for those individuals that we call the “Department/Unit Safety Coordinator” (DUSC).  You may be asking yourself, who is considered a DUSC? A DUSC in our experience is an individual who has been either appointed by a Department chair or PI as a safety liaison that represents a Department, PI, or a unit safety committee or who is a person who on their own has taken on general safety issues for their department or unit. This person often works with EH&a

OSU Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) has a new safety newsletter: Safety Beaver Buzz. We will be distributing these quarterly and hope you find these useful.

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After the Fire: A True Story of Heroes & Cowards recounts the story of a devastating college dorm fire at Seton Hall University on January 19, 2000. The fire, which was started as a prank, killed three college students and injured 56 students and firefighters. Two of the more seriously injured students, Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, will be present to introduce the documentary film which tells their story of friendship, recovery, and moving past the events of the tragic fire. They will also share their personal story and answer questions from the audience.

Oregon State University is committed to protecting the health and welfare of students, faculty and staff. It is vitally important that we work together to foster and sustain a culture of laboratory safety in our wide array of teaching and research activities.

According to OSHA and OSU regulations all chemical containers must be labeled for the health and safety of employees, students, visitors, and emergency responders. The purpose of the Chemical Labeling Station is to provide laboratories with the necessary means and tools to properly label all chemicals and hazardous waste. The poster provides:

A vivid demonstration of piranha solution on lab coat materials.

We will be offering a new lab coat that is both flame retardant and is chemical impermeable. They are more expensive, but some users may benefit from this. If you know some specific users, let them know they can acquire a specialized lab coat when working with high volumes of flammables and high hazard chemicals.

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The OSU Safety Purchase Assistance Program provides Departments a funding method to purchase safety related products, which may include specific equipment, specialized safety training resources and protective equipment.