A UMD supervisor is defined as any individual employed by the University who has other employees, (including students, teaching assistants and researchers) reporting to him/her. Research laboratory supervisors are often referred to as Principal Investigators.
Every supervisor has at least three responsibilities with which Environmental Safety, Sustainability and Risk can provide assistance. These responsibilities are employee training, provision of personal protective equipment and accident & injury reporting.
Chemical Hygiene in Laboratories
The University of Maryland has developed the University of Maryland Chemical Hygiene Plan to ensure all laboratory personnel are informed about and protected from health and physical hazards associated with the handling, use, and storage of hazardous chemicals in laboratories.
Laboratory work is a key component of many academic courses on campus. Maintaining a safe work environment for students and instructors is of the highest priority.
We provide the following checklist to assist laboratory course instructors in meeting safety requirements and expectations in their courses.
The University of Maryland (UMD) is closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Environmental Safety, Sustainability & Risk (ESSR) has developed the following information based on federal regulations and guidance for the safety of workers. With the changes that come from the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic, ESSR continues to monitor and update documents as needed.
Safety of Employees Who Work Onsite
Introduction
The Department of Environmental Safety, Sustainability and Risk (ESSR) is responsible for responding to assist the agencies legally responsible for, or to directly provide, emergency management and appropriate incident investigation on the University of Maryland campus. ESSR's primary function at a campus emergency is to assist the legally responsible agency when requested, and to provide information and advice regarding campus processes, chemicals, special hazards, structures, utilities, etc.
Introduction
Two major E,S&H Committees operate at UM. The Committees are utilized to provide input from all affected schools on University E,S&H policy as well as direct the Department of Environmental Safety, Sustainability and Risk's activities. The two committees are the E,S&H Policy Committee and the E,S&H Operations Committee.
Applicable University Policy
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University of Maryland Environmental, Safety and Health Management Policy
Safety Culture at UMD
Launched in 2020, Fearless Vision: Achieving Excellence in Research Safety is a campus-wide initiative that focuses on streamlining research safety compliance and lifting the safety culture from transactional to transformational. Below is a listing of our current planned objectives whic
The University of Maryland's Environmental, Safety and Health Management Policy (E,S&HMP) calls for the University to be a model of quality in environmental, safety and health practices. A critical linkage in the development of this level of quality is the College or Department Compliance Officer (CO).
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For more information, contact labsafety@umd.edu.
Principal Investigators are responsible for registering all experiments involving pathogenic microorganisms (human, animal, plant or arthropod) with the Institutional Biosafety Committee before beginning work. Organisms requiring registration and IBC approval are those listed in Appendix B of the NIH Guidelines.