General Health and Safety Issues

A Quality Work Place is a Safe Work Place

General health and safety issues are regulated by the Tennessee Occupational Health and Safety Administration (TOSHA). The TOSHA regulations are very similar to the Federal OSHA regulations and the two are often used interchangeably. The EHS staff members are here to assist you comply with these regulations.

INDOOR AIR QUALITY

Indoor air quality issues are almost always related to maintenance and repair issues and should always be reported directly to the Department of Facilities Management Work Control. If necessary, the EHS staff can investigate complaints and take samples for analysis by an accredited laboratory.

Here is a link about mold from OSHA

DOCUMENTS

Hazard Assessment Document (msword)

Self Inspection Workbook (msword)

Hazard Communication/Right to Know (pdf)

 

HELPFUL SAFETY LINKS

Fire Safety

NFPA main page
http://www.nfpa.org/index.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1

NFPA Safety Source newsletter
http://www.nfpa.org/riskwatch/champ_apple.html

NFPA Standards list
http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/list_of_codes_and_standards.asp

NFPA Research
http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=15&URL=Research%20&%20Reports

NFPA Codes Newsletter
http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=136&itemID=19181&URL=Codes+and+Standards/NFPA+News

General Health/Safety Links 

OSHA
http://www.osha.gov/

Tennessee OSHA
http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/tosha.html

National Safety Council
http://www.nsc.org/

Chemical and Lab Safety

Tennessee Hazard Waste Regulations
https://www.tn.gov/sos/rules/1200/1200.htm

EPA
http://www.epa.gov/

EPA Environmental Topics
http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/envtopics/index.html

EPA Search
http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/search/index.html

EPA Region 4
http://www.epa.gov/region4/compliance/index.html

EPA College & University Compliance Initiative
http://www.epa.gov/region4/ead/compliance/management.html

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation -TDEC
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/

 



 

 

 






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