Updated February 7, 2025
The Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Ergonomics Program helps University departments/units and personnel identify risk factors that can contribute to the development of work-related musculoskeletal injuries and determine solutions to eliminate or reduce these risk factors. We offer guidance to University personnel with ergonomic questions and concerns.
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Updated June 17, 2024
UW students or personnel hosting or sponsoring an event at a UW location where food will be served, sold, or given away, may need to apply for a Temporary Food Service Permit from UW Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S).
Updated January 25, 2025
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) tracks and investigates work-related incidents to help prevent injuries and illnesses, and to maintain safe and healthy workplaces.
Workplace injury and incident reporting is required by federal and state regulatory and funding agencies.
UW Medicine personnel use a separate system to track work-related injuries and illnesses.
Updated December 31, 2024
The UW Employee Health Center in Environmental Health & Safety provides clinical services for UW personnel not employed by UW Medicine medical facilities.
UW Medicine personnel should contact their employee health center.
A strain of avian influenza virus (H5N1) has been detected in wild birds and domestic poultry in many parts of the U.S. and in Washington state.
The EH&S Annual Report FY22 summarizes the work and accomplishments of the Environmental Health & Safety Department during fiscal year 2022.
The sections below contain administrative tools and resources for EH&S staff.
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EH&S has received reports of coyote sightings on the Seattle campus. Coyotes have been present at our campus locations and vicinity for years and they are an important part of our ecosystem.
Read the Coyotes on UW Campuses focus sheet for information on living and working around urban coyotes, preventing human-animal conflict, and reporting coyote activity our campuses.
The COVID-19 Guidelines Summary summarizes the current COVID-19 guidelines for the University of Washington.
