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Location
Environmental Health & Safety is located in the Iler Building, beside the Dorrill Dining Hall.
Regulatory/Policies Areas
Longwood University Environmental Goals are to meet or exceed the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and where applicable EPA regulations, directives and Executive Orders established by the Governor's Office. These compliance standards shall be met through procedures, processes and plans with attached responsibilities to cover the below listed area and those areas may later be identified by a regulation:
View Programs- Environmental Management System (EMS)
- Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)
- Air Permitting
- Lead-Based Paint
- PCB Management
- Asbestos Management
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Underground Storage Tanks
- Aboveground Storage Tanks
- Storm Water
- Pesticides and Regulated Materials
- Drinking Water
- Hazardous Materials
Emergency Management establishes criteria and direction through processes and procedures to ensure that "all hazards emergency management plan" is developed, trained, implemented, practiced, and reviewed to ensure compliance. The EHS&EM Office shall establish and assist in developing and implementing the emergency management plan for Longwood University. The "all hazards plan" shall include but not be conclusive of the following:
View Programs- Hurricane
- Flood
- Fire
- Campus Shooter
- Hostage Situation
- Electrical Failure
- Tornado
- Helicopter Crash
- Bomb Threat
- Terrorism
- Natural Gas Leak
- Severe Weather
- Earthquake
- Major Chemical Spill
- Major Disturbance
- Explosion
- Steam Plant Failure
- IITS Campus Wide Failure
- University Emergency Operation Plan
- University Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)
- University Fire Plan
- University Pandemic Plan
- University Emergency Operation Plan
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)'s serves all university members by helping to create a safe and healthy work environment through the promotion of occupational safety, fire safety and occupational health programs. OSH staff also perform industrial hygiene monitoring and evaluations of potential health hazards, and assist with the development of controls to reduce or eliminate exposure to these hazards.
View Programs- Accident Investigation and Reporting
- Asbestos Operations and Maintenance
- Biosafety
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Confined Spaces Entry
- Contractor/Subcontractor Safety/Procedures
- Construction Safety
- Electrical Safety
- Excavation, Trenching and Shoring Safety
- Exposure Control Plan
- Fall Protection
- Fire and Life Safety
- Hazard Communication/MSDS
- Hearing Conservation
- Indoor Air Quality
- Laboratory Safety
- Chemical Hygiene Plan
- Hazardous Materials
- Handling
- Use
- Storage
- Hazardous Waster
- Storage
- Handling
- Disposal
- Laser Safety
- Lead Hazard Control
- Lockout/Tagout
- Machinery and Equipment Safety
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Respiratory Protection
- Walking-Working Surfaces (ladders, stairs, scaffolds)
- Welding, Cutting, Brazing, & Soldering
Radiation Safety provides guidance and support to all users of radioactive isotopes and x-ray equipment at the University.
View Programs- Radiation Safety
- X-Ray Safety
Mission
Environmental Health & Safety actively promotes a positive, responsible, integrated safety culture at all levels of the university community, advocates providing a safe and healthy living, learning, and working environment for all, and assists departments with complying with regulations and mandates.
Environmental Health & Safety accomplishes our role of regulatory liaison through education, consultation, and compliance monitoring.
- Environmental Health & Safety educates top management on environmental, health and safety issues and actively promotes integrating these issues into the business plan and day-to-day operations of the university.
- Environmental Health & Safety supports departmental efforts to recognize, evaluate and control hazards, and integrate environmental, health and safety considerations into their daily operations and planning, by imparting knowledge and affirming roles and responsibilities.
- Environmental Health & Safety supports employee's efforts to maintain a safe and healthy workplace by providing training, information, consultation, and effective feedback in a courteous, ethical, professional, timely manner.
- Environmental Health & Safety provides necessary services to the university community to monitor and ensure a safe and healthy living, learning and working environment.
