Is It Safe?

Safety procedures and Safety training information are provided on this page. There are links to important UMass Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) information and services, Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) sources, and information from the Offices of the Vice Chancellor for Research. In addition, the Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences has some of its own safety requirements, and the information and associated forms are also available on this page.

There are Federal, State, and University safety rules and regulations that must be followed, and specific training requirements that must be fulfilled. EH&S on campus provides all the necessary training. Faculty/Supervisors are responsible for assuring that they, and all personnel in their charge are properly trained (including all Faculty, Staff, Visiting Faculty or Scientists, Postdocs, Graduate Students, and Work-Study and Independent Study Undergraduate Students).

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University Safety Information & Forms
PSIS Safety Information & Forms
Off-Campus Safety Websites | MSDS Look-up Site

University Safety Information and Forms:

• UMass Department of Environmental Health and Safety Website

• UMass Laboratory Health and Safety Manual

• Online Hazardous Waste Pickup Request form

• Radioactive Materials User Information, New User Forms, &
Radioactive Material Order Notification Form required to order RAM

• EH&S Safety Seminar Schedule and Online Registration Form
OWL Online Training Site

• Resource Links including Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) information

• Complying with Regulations, from the offices of the Vice Chancellor for Research at UMass, including links to Complience and Research Protection News, a quarterly newsletter produced by the Office of Research Affairs at UMass

• Campus and Laboratory Safety Policies and Procedures

• Campus Research Policies and Procedures

Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences' Safety Information and Forms

• Emergency Notification Information Form to be filled out by all departmental employees, graduate students and student employees

• Weekly Hazardous Waste Inspection Form to be checked off weekly at all hazardous waste bin sites

• Departmental Laboratory Checkout List to be completed by all graduate students and any laboratory scientists who are leaving the department, and signed by a Supervisor and the Department Head

• Safety Training Requirements for PSIS Employees and Student Employees: The rules on just who needs what training

• Directions for OWL online Safety Training of PSIS Employees and Student Employees: Step-by-step instructions for all of the OWL training assignments

• Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Training for PSIS Employees and Student Employees: Information about WPS and step-by-step instructions on how to take the training. NOT for class students (see below)

WPS For Classes

• Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Training for Plant, Soil & Insect Classes for students who are taking our classes that require WPS

Off-Campus Safety Websites

• Occupational Safety & Health Adminstration (OSHA)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

• Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR)

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• Center for Disease Control (CDC)

• Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Online