The Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) provides advice and guidance to the Dartmouth Community on occupational and environmental health and safety issues. EHS manages the College's Hazardous Waste Management, Minimization and Disposal Program.
Dartmouth's Biological Safety Program encompasses health and safety with human blood and body fluids, bloodborne pathogens and recombinant DNA technology. This program was developed in compliance with OSHA and NIH/CDC guidelines for biological safety.
Dartmouth's Chemical Safety Program integrates both occupational and environmental health and safety requirements into a single, comprehensive program. The goal of our program is to ensure the safe use, storage and disposal of all chemicals on our campus. Waste minimization and pollution prevention are key components of our strategy.
Please take a few minutes to review the electronic version of our fire safety & emergency evacuation brochure. It is essential that everyone in the Dartmouth Community know how to report a fire and evacuate their building safely. Fire safety & emergency evacuation is a shared responsibility.
This section provides current and topical information on health and safety issues at the College. Also described are current or on-going EHS initiatives that you may want to know more about.
Dartmouth's Occupational Safety and Health Program covers a broad range of topics and issues related to workplace health and safety. Compliance with OSHA's General Industry Standards is the core of this program.
This section describes special projects that the Office of Environmental Health and Safety is involved in and provides a series of links to other health and safety web sites.
Dartmouth's Radiation and Laser Safety Program provides for the safe use of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and lasers in our research and teaching programs. All Class IIIb and IV lasers must be registered with EHS.
This section contains mastery based training programs on various environmental health and safety topics. You must have a current entry in the Dartmouth Name Directory (DND) to use these modules.
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