Student Club Safety Overview
Safety is an essential feature of student clubs, especially those engaged in science, engineering, and field work. EH&S aims to provide clubs with resources to successfully pursue their extracurricular goals safely, including hazard hazards, access to near-miss and incident reporting, and respirator use guidance.
Program Details
- What is a near miss? (1 minute 23 seconds)
- Why should you report a near miss? (51 seconds)
- Reporting a near miss in a wet lab (1 minute 10 seconds)
- Reporting a near miss in a dry lab (1 minute 10 seconds)
- Reporting a near miss in a machine shop (1 minute 8 seconds)
- How to report a near miss (2 minutes 7 seconds)
- Refresher: How to report a near miss (56 seconds)
- What happens after you submit a near miss report (1 minute 40 seconds)
- What additional resources does EH&S have? (1 minute 10 seconds)
The informational signage is available for print and use in club spaces. Signs are formatted for 18"x24" page size. To get signage for your club's workspace, contact Kathryn Walters ([email protected]) or visit her office in 219 Johnson Hall.
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If you are a student using a respirator as determined by EH&S and your principal investigator, instructor, TA, or club supervisor:
- Each student should fill out the Student Respirator Use – Informed Consent Form and submit to EH&S here: Student Respirator Use – Informed Consent Form Submission
- If you answer that you require medical examination for respirator usage due to preexisting conditions (asthma, respiratory disease, etc.), please receive clearance from your medical provider and submit a written note from the provider indicating that you are cleared to use a respirator to [email protected]
- Take the Respiratory Protection Training module in SciShield.
- The training can also be found from the SciShield home page by following Training > Course Directory > Occupational Health & Safety > Respiratory Protection Program
- Quantitative respirator fit testing is encouraged, especially if it is your first time using the respirator, and will be provided upon request - signup at the Respirator Fit Test page