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Environmental Health & Safety serves as a resource to the campus community to ensure a safe and healthy working and learning environment while facilitating compliance with applicable laws, regulations, rules, policies and procedures through consultation and employee development.

 

If you have questions, concerns or need information on any safety, health or environmental issue, contact our staff via email or call 885-6524. A staff member will be available to either answer your questions or personally notify the individual you need to contact.

 
Director:
 Fred Hutchison fhutch@uidaho.edu 885-7208
     
Office Manager:
 Jane Westervelt janew@uidaho.edu 885-6524
     
Fire Safety:
 Matt Oulman, Fire Safety Specialist moulman@uidaho.edu 885-6525
     
Hazardous Materials:
 Thomas Hicks, Hazardous Materials Specialist thicks@uidaho.edu 885-2883
  Mark Borth, Hazardous Materials Tech II borth@uidaho.edu 885-6279
     
Industrial Hygiene:
 Holly Gates-Mayer, Industrial Hygienist hollyg@uidaho.edu 885-5977
  (Biosafety, Lab Safety, Indoor Air Quality)    
Rob Miller, Industrial Hygiene Specialist romiller@uidaho.edu 885-5845
  (Asbestos and lead programs)    
     
Occupational Safety:
 George Porter, Occupational Safety Specialist georgep@uidaho.edu 885-6297
Kelvin Daniels, Occupational Safety Tech II kelvind@uidaho.edu 885-2937
       
Radiation Safety:
 Samir Shahat, Radiation Safety Specialist samir@uidaho.edu 885-6890

 

EHS Home

EHS Staff Organizational Chart

 

NetLearning@uidaho

Safety Course Information

EHS offers several employee development options, including online courses, classroom courses, and prepackaged self-study courses complete with handouts, quizzes, and leader manuals. A complete listing of current courses can be found in NetLearning@uidaho; additional options are available in our video library.

Chemical Track has been replaced with a new on-line system, EMS Waste Request, where you may submit your requests for hazardous materials collection and disposal.

To get started, please click on the Instructions link below to obtain step-by-step instructions on how to use this new on-line system: 

Instructions

To access the new system, you must use Internet Explorer and log-in with your Vandal ID number and pin number.  You will also need to allow pop-ups from this site.  Please click on the following link to access the new EMS Waste Request system:

Access EMS Waste Request

For more information, please contact Environmental Health and Safety at 208-885-6524.

Looking for greener ways to use chemicals? MIT can help!

http://web.mit.edu/environment/academic/purchasing.html

For more information, please contact Environmental Health and Safety at 208.885.6524 or safety@uidaho.edu.

Please bear with us while we rebuild our website! Many topics are still under construction, but we will be adding forms and downloadable materials as soon as we get to them. If you don't see the form you are looking for here, please check under Safety Topics.

 

Accidents, Incidents, and Worker's Comp

2009 Accident Report (10/12/09)

Worker's Comp Annual Reports

Driving Policy Forms

First Aid Kit Content List

Hazardous Materials Security

Hazardous Waste Label (Revised 1/30/09)

Job Hazard Analysis Forms

Laboratory Safety Forms

Medical Surveillance, Animal Worker Surveillance, and Respiratory Protection Forms

Due to the specific nature of medical surveillance, please contact Holly or Rob for forms and information.

Radiation Safety

Suspicious Packages

Unit Emergency Response Plan Template

University & Unit Safety Committees

UI  Safety Concern Form

Report serious hazards or unsafe situations that may pose an immediate threat of injury or property damage without delay to Environmental Health and Safety, (208) 885-6524

Safety Tips are a short, bi-weekly tip on keeping safe in the workplace, whether indoors or out, laboratory or office. If you have a tip you would like to share, please contact George Porter at georgep@uidaho.edu.

 

Please bear with us while we rebuild our website! Many topics are still under construction, but we will be adding topics and correcting links as soon as we get to them.

 

 

 

University of Idaho

Environmental Health & Safety
Box 442030; 1108 W 6th St
Moscow, ID 83844-2030
(208) 885-6524
safety@uidaho.edu