2012 Annual Review - UCLA - Environment, Health & Safety
2012 Annual Review - UCLA - Environment, Health & Safety
2012 Annual Review - UCLA - Environment, Health & Safety
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Fire <strong>Safety</strong><br />
The Fire and Life <strong>Safety</strong> Program addresses fire code<br />
compliance, fire and life safety training needs, fire<br />
suppression systems and fire hazard abatement.<br />
Plan <strong>Review</strong>s Completed (Title 24)<br />
800<br />
600<br />
400<br />
200<br />
0<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> Title 24 requires the review of construction<br />
plans at various stages in project development.<br />
Building Inspections Completed (Title 24)<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
50<br />
0<br />
2009 2010 2011 <strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>Annual</strong> Title 24 also requires the review fire<br />
suppression systems prior to the official opening of<br />
new construction.<br />
Hands-on Fire Extinguisher Training<br />
Accomplishments<br />
111%<br />
A key component to fire prevention is the education<br />
of the campus community on the proper use of fire<br />
extinguishers and fire prevention education.<br />
• Conducted fire suppression and fire/life safety<br />
systems inspections of trash chutes in Housing<br />
and Hospitality Services<br />
• Implemented annual fire pump certification, which<br />
includes testing of all campus fire pumps<br />
• Obtained proper licensing to permit the installation,<br />
repair, inspection, testing and maintenance of<br />
campus fire suppression systems<br />
www.ehs.ucla.edu<br />
New Training Modules<br />
LABORATORY SAFETY ONLINE<br />
REFRESHER<br />
Training<br />
The EH&S Training & Outreach Program continues<br />
to support campus safety efforts in the areas of<br />
classroom and online training, participation in<br />
outreach events, and the development of materials<br />
to support safety in laboratory and non-laboratory<br />
settings.<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> Training<br />
INDIVIDUALS TRAINED<br />
40000<br />
30000<br />
20000<br />
10000<br />
0<br />
2576<br />
2494<br />
4141<br />
9121<br />
9963<br />
14718<br />
14523<br />
18202<br />
16695<br />
19403<br />
Completed Online Completed Classroom<br />
RADIATION SAFETY E-TRAINING<br />
MODULE: DOSIMETRY<br />
20794<br />
16719<br />
EMPLOYEE SAFETY HANDBOOK ONLINE<br />
RESOURCE<br />
UC Center for Laboratory <strong>Safety</strong><br />
CLS awarded four seed grants in <strong>2012</strong> to support<br />
laboratory-safety related research:<br />
• Identifying chemical and procedural hazards<br />
associated with pharmaceutical compounding<br />
tasks at health teaching science laboratories<br />
and formulating risk mitigation strategies.<br />
(Manchester University College of Pharmacy)<br />
• Tracking signs and consequences of a<br />
changing lab safety culture by performing<br />
statistical analysis of existing inspection and<br />
incident data. (MIT)<br />
• Investigating the efficacy of selected disinfectants<br />
as alternative to chlorine bleach for use in<br />
laboratory and animal facilities. (<strong>UCLA</strong>)<br />
• Assessing the health risk of researchers<br />
working with mice treated with the toxins/<br />
carcinogens<br />
tamoxifen and<br />
BrdU. (<strong>UCLA</strong>)
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