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Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) promotes health, safety, and environmental compliance within the U-M campus community.

Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) promotes health, safety, and environmental compliance within the U-M campus community.

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Update to Lockout Tagout Procedures

Lockout Tagout procedures are critical for de-energizing equipment with hazardous energy sources, as required by OSHA.
 
To make these procedures more accessible, EHS has added QR code stickers near energized equipment around campus. By scanning the code, contractors and staff can instantly access the safety procedures they need from a centralized library created and managed by FOIS.
 
Read more about Lockout Tagout procedures.

 

Regulation of Methylene Chloride (Dichloromethane) under TSCA

In May 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule regulating methylene chloride (also known as DCM or Dichloromethane) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The regulation prohibits most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride and creates strict workplace protections for 13 conditions of use that are permitted under the new rule.

Detailed information about the EPA ruling, including the full text of the regulation, is available on the EPA website. For documents relating to this topic please visit The Workplace Chemical Protection Program and Appendix A: Operation Specific Exposure Control Plan

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Safety First Award

Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) recognizes employees who are making U-M a SAFE place with the Safety First Recognition Award. 

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