UC Irvine Environmental Health & Safety

New faculty are expected to maintain a high level of health and safety in all their activities and assigned spaces.  Faculty are also required to follow stringent environmental protection regulations to help maintain the quality of life in Southern California.  UCI staffs a department of over 40 environmental health and safety specialists to assist faculty to achieve and maintain environmental health and safety excellence.  If you are not familiar with the specialist who can assist you, your first contact should be the Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator for Physical Sciences.  Many problems can be quickly solved, questions answered and resources obtained through the coordinator.

Environmental Health and Safety, and your coordinator can assist in many areas, including:

Chemical safety
Biological safety
Radiation safety
Environmental issues
Fire safety
Ergonomics
Laboratory safety
Injury and illness prevention
Emergency response
Environmental health and safety training

Your coordinator has a direct role in

Laboratory safety surveys
Building safety surveys
Accident investigations
Emergency preparedness
Laboratory moves
Injury and illness prevention in laboratories

For additional information, visit UC Irvine EH&S home page and contact:

Rama Singh
EHS Coordinator for the School of Physical Sciences

rpsingh@uci.edu
Telephone: 4-2518 
B003B Reines Hall ( PS Store)
Cell phone (949) 337-2336