Environmental Health & Safety
Environmental Health and Safety assists the campus in providing a safe and healthful workplace through the development and implementation of programs which minimize the risk of occupationally related injury or illness. Also, EH&S develops and implements programs to ensure the safe use, handling and storage of hazardous materials and appropriate and compliant disposal of hazardous wastes. These are accomplished through employee training programs, procedures and policies, and compliance surveys.
Visit our contacts page to meet the EH&S team. Using the navigation bar to the right you can access Cal Poly's EH&S programs, quickly find a list of common forms and resources, or report a health and safety concern.
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EHS News and Information
We want to hear from you
Students, Faculty and Staff - Do you have a suggestion to improve campus health and safety? Or do you know someone who is a safety champion, setting an example for others and keeping workplace health and safety top of mind? Please let us know! Nominees could win a $50 gift card!
EHS has a one-stop combined form for the campus community to communicate concerns, share lessons learned, or to recongnize others for positive safety performance. Click this link to share your thoughts with us.
Safety Jam
The next Safety Jam will be May 2nd, 2025 in building 70, room 110. We will have a meet & Greet with Cal Poly's new Industrial Hygiene Specialist, Roxane Strobel and we will be reviewing campus requirements for chemical inventories, MAQs and associated door signage.
Add your email to the ListServ below to get notifications including meeting dates, topics, and schedule changes. Come for the doughnuts and raffle and leave with valuable information. We hope to see you there!
The purpose of quarterly "Safety Jam" meetings is to bring together those on campus who have an active role in health and safety, to build a network of support across departments, enhance our collective body of knowledge, and have a forum for communicating safety-related issues, news, and events. Safety Jams are open to anyone who would like to attend.
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If you experience a work-related injury or illness, you must notify your supervisor immediately. Your supervisor will complete the Work Related Injury/Illness Form and provide to you the Claim Form DWC 1 within 24 hours of their knowledge of your injury/illness. Please fill out the Report an Injury, Illness, or Incident Form after you have notified your supervisor if you are an employee. Late reporting could delay or jeopardize Worker's Compensation benefits.