The U-M Environment, Health & Safety Department is working in partnership with the U-M Emergency Management, University Health Services and Washtenaw County Health Department among others to help keep our community healthy and safe. If you have questions or concerns, please contact EHS at 734-647-1143 or at ehsanswers@umich.edu so we may get a message to the appropriate EHS staff member to address your needs. Questions in regard to COVID-19 specifically can be sent to EHS-Covid-19-Reporting@
Current Status of EHS
EHS will continue to provide our critical services as needed for the university community. This includes 24/7 emergency response services and other services as needed to serve our research, student life and others in the community. Our building is currently locked down so we ask individuals to contact us prior to coming to our office.
Preparedness and Response Plans
- University of Michigan COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan: U-M COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan – 6/23/2020
This plan details how the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus is complying with State of Michigan Executive Order for Safeguards to protect University of Michigan workers and MIOSHA requirements in in regard to management of COVID-19 risk mitigation. - Resources for Departmental Plans:
- Departmental COVID-19 Work Plan for General Workplaces – 7/2/2020
- Outpatient health care facilities: Departmental COVID-19 Work Plan-Outpatient Health Care Facilities – 6/24/2020
- Outdoor work: Departmental COVID-19 Work Plan-Outdoor Work – 6/24/2020
- Blank COVID-19 Risk Assessment – 6/30/2020
- HVAC: Guidelines for University of Michigan Facilities – 6/30/2020
- One-way stairways: Designation of Stairways for One-Way Directional Travel in Non-Health Care Facilities – 6/18/2020
- Paritions: Partitions and Shield Available for Ordering – 6/17/2020
- Water managment: Building Water Management During Periods of Low Occupancy – 6/11/2020
- Placement of hand sanitizer: Placement of Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers in Non-Health Care Facilities – 5/14/2020
- Thermometers: COVID-19 and Mercury Thermometers – 5/4/2020
Daily screening:
- COVID-19 Daily Self-Screening Protocol – 6/22/2020
- COVID-19 Daily Screening Protocol -Construction/Trades – 6/22/2020
Exposure and testing:
- Exposure and Testing Guidance for Staff and Supervisors – 6/17/2020
- Contact Tracing Protocol for Positive COVID-19 Cases for Ann Arbor Campus Employees – 5/28/2020
Face coverings:
- Face Covering Usage for COVID-19 – General Info and Update-5/26/2020
- FAQs for Face Coverings – 5/21/2020
- How to Properly Wear and Care for Your Mask
- How to Properly Wear and Care for Your Cloth Face Covering
- Daily screening: COVID-19 Daily Screening Protocol-Research – 6/22/2020
- Handling Human Materials during COVID-19 Pandemic FAQs – 6/19/2020
- Exposure and Testing Guidance for Staff and Supervisors – 6/17/2020
- Exposure and testing: Plan for Testing of Symptomatic Employees and Mandatory Contact Tracing for U-M Lab Contacts – 5/26/2020
- FAQ: COVID-19 Research FAQ – 5/22/2020
- Face coverings: Face Covering Usage for COVID-19 – Research Areas – 5/21/2020
- Checklist for restarting research: EHS Checklist for Restarting Research Activities – 5/5/2020
- Non-research buildings: EHS General Cleaning Guidance – 5/14/2020
- Research buildings: Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol for the Prevention of COVID-19 in U-M Laboratory Facilities – 5/4/2020
- COVID-19 Equipment Cleaning Log for Shift Work (docx) – 6/15/2020
- 70% Ethanol / 70% Ispropyl Alcohol FAQ – 5/27/2020
- Cleaning and Disinfecting Lab Equipment – 5/19/2020
- COVID-19 Equipment Cleaning Log (pdf) – 5/18/2020
- COVID-19 Equipment Cleaning Log (docx) – 5/18/2020
