Department Safety Coordinators and Area Safety Coordinators are appointed by their departments to facilitate the flow of safety information and programs from Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) into the UCSD workplace.
Area Safety Coordinators (ASCs) are different from Department Safety Coordinators (DSCs).
- DSCs represent all their co-workers, regardless of the kind of work performed. Every UCSD department should have at least one DSC. Large departments and departments with multiple locations may need more than one DSC to be effective.
- ASCs do not serve an entire department. An ASC is assigned to a specific facility where work with hazardous material occurs, typically a lab, shop, or studio.
Use the resources below to help you do the job. Click on a topic for more information:
Safety Coordinator's role
Learn more about the role of Safety Coordinators when you attend Department Safety Coordinator training via Enrollment Central:
Contact the EH&S Safety Training Manager, (858) 822-5974, if you have questions.
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Injury and illness reporting
Learn about injury and illness reporting and UCSD's Workers' Compensation Program:
Contact the EH&S Workers' Compensation Office, (858) 822-2979, if you have questions.
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Report safety concerns
Report safety concerns to EH&S:
- Use the online Safety Concern form to report a health or safety issue at UCSD.
- Or, to report a safety concern anonymously, call (858) 534-3660.
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Integrated Safety and Environmental Management (ISEM)
Make safety and environmental best practices part of your work with the Integrated Safety and Environmental Management 5-step process.
Contact the EH&S Safety Training Manager, (858) 822-5974, if you have questions.
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Essential EH&S information
Find information about EH&S personnel and services on the pages below.
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Take advantage of safety resources on Blink.
- Use the Blink search box (under the Blink logo in the upper left corner) to find information fast.
- Use Blink's Safety tab and Research tab.
- Consult the main menus and resource listings:
- Access Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) sources online.
- Learn about hazard and caution signs used at UCSD, and what they mean.
Contact Environment, Health & Safety, (858) 534-3660, if you have questions.
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Safety training
Make sure personnel working in your department (including yourself) attend required safety training.
- Document all safety training.
- Read Safety Training Overview for information about record keeping requirements and accessing UCSD's online safety training records.
- Implement the Hazard Communication Program in your department.
- Teach employees who work with hazardous materials how to access and use Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS):
- Adapt any of these safety training logs and calendars, developed by other safety coordinators, to suit your needs: (All files are Word.)
Contact the EH&S Safety Training Manager, (858) 822-5974, if you have questions.
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Fire and life safety
Ensure fire and life safety requirements are observed.
Contact EH&S Fire & Life Safety, (858) 822-7515 or 534-3660, if you have questions.
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Emergency preparedness
Organize emergency preparedness for your department.
- Get emergency preparedness training.
- Organize an emergency preparedness planning committee for your department.
- Prepare a Department Emergency Action Plan.
- Be familiar with UCSD emergency preparedness and response procedures from chemical spills in the laboratory, to possible building evacuation, to a campuswide event.
- Encourage everyone to register their phone for emergency notifications.
- Quake-safe your workplace. Read Reducing Workplace Earthquake Hazards to learn how.
- Check the UCSD Emergency Status page in the event of an emergency affecting the campus.
- Find more resources on Menu: Emergencies and Emergency Planning.
Contact Emergency Services, (858) 534-1064 or 534-3823, if you need assistance.
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Odors and indoor environment concerns
Know how to respond and solve indoor environment concerns.
- Refer to Menu: Indoor Environment for appropriate points of contact for various indoor environment concerns.
- Read Preventing Indoor Mold Growth.
- Read How to Respond to Indoor Floods.
- Odor complaints are among the most common calls you'll receive.
- Read What's That Smell? to learn about common and possible sources of troublesome (though not alarming) odors in the workplace and what you can do about them.
- Use the Odor Log (Word file) to track odor and indoor environment concerns. It will help maintenance and EH&S personnel track the problem down if you call for assistance.
Contact Environment, Health & Safety, (858) 534-3660, if you have questions.
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EH&S newsletters
Post or circulate EH&S newsletters for everyone to see. EH&S publishes 2 safety newsletters, alternating bimonthly:
- Safety Briefs newsletter is for all UCSD employees, no matter what kind of work they perform. Safety Briefs is distributed by campus mail bimonthly to Department Safety Coordinators.
- Lab Notes is a bimonthly safety newsletter for research employees. Lab Notes is distributed by campus mail to PIs, lab supervisors, and all Safety Coordinators (regardless of whether they work in a research environment or not).
- Receive an e-mail copy of both newsletters by subscribing to UCSD-flyers listserv. Read Electronic Mailing Lists at UCSD for instructions.
Contact Environment, Health & Safety, (858) 534-3660, if you have questions.
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Archived Safety Coordinator Presentations
All archived Safety Coordinator presentations are PowerPoint files.
Contact the EH&S Safety Training Manager, (858) 822-5974, if you have questions.
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If you are a UCSD employee and have questions, contact the EH&S safety training manager, (858) 822-5974.
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