Safety Committees

Safety Committees serve to assist campus, college, departments/units in providing healthy, safe and secure environments for learning, work and research.

These committees provide

communication of requirements and best practices to their respective groups,
assist with identifying and mitigating hazardous situations, and
working with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) to ensure area inspections are completed and assigned corrective actions are taken.

Organizational Structure of Campus Safety Committees

The University of Utah has an organizational structure of safety committees to develop strategies to meet or exceed safety standards as outlined by local, state, and federal regulatory bodies.