Welcome to the Safety & Risk Services Resource Hub. The Safety & Risk Services team provides trainings, videos, maps, and other resources to raise awareness, increase resilience, and improve safety at the University of Oregon.
Below you will find information on occupational health and safety topics, lab safety, risk management, emergency preparedness, and personal safety.
Request a Training
Requests for training for departments, schools, colleges, or student groups are welcome. The team supports university activities and all efforts are made to accommodate training needs and requests. Types of trainings which can be requested are Emergency Preparedness, De-Escalation, Active Threat, and Personal Safety.
UO students, faculty, staff, and departments can also request a risk consultation or training session related to insurance and risk management.
Request a Risk Management Consultation
Learn about additional trainings related to Lab Safety, Occupational Safety, or Risk Management.
Upcoming Trainings
Risk
Every day, university employees are asked to approve events, activities, travel, partnerships, and new initiatives. But how do you know when additional planning or risk mitigation is needed? Join Risk Management for a practical introduction to UO's D.U.C.K. Process, a simple risk framework designed to help departments evaluate risk, identify appropriate controls, and make informed decisions.
Who should attend: Department administrators, business managers, HR representatives, event planners, program managers, and anyone involved in planning or approving campus activities.
Occupational Health and Safety
This course explores the different levels of risk we face on the job every day. It examines how to identify risk and delves into what factors go into our decision making process including barriers to making safer choices. We will always have risk of injury with our work, however the goal is to learn how to reduce the risk to acceptable risk levels before conducting the work.
Hands and fingers are among the most injured body parts for UO employees. This class is designed for employees who use both powered and manual hand tools. It will cover the hazards associated with these tools, common injuries that occur, primary causes of hand injuries and how to prevent them.
Lab Safety and Hazardous Waste
Lab Safety and Hazardous Waste Management and Fire Protection in Labs trainings are required for anyone working in, volunteering in, or using a UO laboratory. These courses are open to UO employees, students, volunteers, visiting scholars, Innovation Center tenants, and anyone else using UO lab facilities.
Anyone unable to access MyTrack or attend an in-person Lab Safety training if offered, should reach out to EHS for an alternative format.
This one-hour in-person refresher training is required annually.
This two-hour in-person course is taught by EHS staff and should be taken prior to beginning lab work, or as soon as possible after joining a lab.
This online training covers lab fire protection systems, fire extinguishers, fire safety best practices, and expectations for response should a fire occur.
Featured Safety Sheets
Safety & Risk Services has developed a series of safety sheets to provide UO employees with information on specific hazards, environmental health issues, and best practices. Find an A-Z list of downloadable safety sheets in English or Spanish.
Safety Maps
Visit the campus map to navigate campus and view additional safety maps.