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In July, 1957, the Board of Trustees authorized a special appropriation to establish a "new Safety Division" on the Urbana-Champaign campus,
On February 1, 1973, the Division of Environmental Health and Safety was organized by combining the Safety Coordinator's Office, reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs; the Health Physics Office, reporting to the Graduate College and the Environmental Health Division of the McKinley Health Service.
In 1968, a risk management study resulted in the Risk Management Proposal for the Urbana Campus, University of Illinois. This study considered the relationships between several "risk related" campus operations including the Safety Coordinator's Office, the Environmental Health Division, Health Physics Office, Accident Compensation Office, Insurance Office, Police Department and the Fire Department.
On March 22, 1971, the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs appointed and Ad Hoc Committee for Safety Organization which conducted a study to determine what administrative organization would provide the campus with the most effective overall safety program. Its recommendations evolved into the establishment of the Division of Environmental Health and Safety. It consists of nine professional/technical employees: engineering, microbiology, safety and health physics. The Director reports to the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, who reports to the Chancellor.
The Division provides technical assistance tp deans, directors, heads of academic and administrative units, staff members, and students. Assistance can be through consultations and code interpretations either for existing facilities and operations or for those which are being planned. The Division may inspect and report on the health and safety aspects of any campus operation or facility. It assists departmental safety programs and participates in health and safety training/education projects. It maintains reference materials from local, state and federal agencies on rules and regulations affecting campus operations and assists in their technical interpretation. The Division develops additional environmental health and safety standards for administrative approval which become part of the Campus Administrative Manual.
The Environmental Health and Safety Committee and the Radiation Hazards Committee are campus committees and report to the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs through the Director of the Division of Environmental Health and Safety.
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 49th Report, July 16, 1957, p. 529.
2. Ibid., 51st Report, June 20, 1962, p. 1618.
3. Ibid., 55th Report, Supplement, June 19, 1968, p. 524.
4. University Standards for Safety, 1964, section 111-9.
5. Ibid., 1968, section 111-9
6. "History" and Letter from Henry H. Koertge, Division of Environmental Health and Safety, January 1979.
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Environmental Health and Safety Publications (Born Digital Records)
9/1963
Chronological
Environmental Health and Safety Publications including information bulletins, mimeographed sheets and reports issued by the Office of the Safety Coordinator, John Morris and Robert G. Jessup (Fire Inspection Officer) concerning eye protection, first aid policy, job safety, fire safety, laboratory safety (1970), safety policy of the university, Report of the Safety Coordinator (1961-62), and Water Quality Report (1998- ).