The University has a responsibility to provide a safe and healthy environment for faculty, staff, students, and visitors, while completing University-related work responsibilities. The Safety Committee ensures there is an infrastructure that provides proactive identification, evaluation and resolution of hazards for the safety and health of employees, students, and visitors. The Committee oversees safety-related matters for the campuses of the University of Tennessee Knoxville and the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) campus in Knoxville. UTIA personnel and operations that are not based on the agricultural campus in Knoxville (as regular location of work) are excluded from the scope of this committee, although coverage may be extended to them via UTIA policy. The Committee reports jointly to the UTK Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, the UTK Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, and the UTIA Agricultural Research Dean.
Charter & Bylaws: Safety Committee bylaws
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The University has a responsibility to provide a safe and healthy environment for faculty, staff, students, and visitors, while working in University-supervised instructional laboratories, research laboratories and academic support shops be they on- or off-campus.The Laboratory Safety Committee supports this responsibility through the proactive identification, evaluation and control of hazards in laboratories and academic support shops on campus or off-campus for the safety and health of employees, students, and visitors. In this context, the Committee is responsible for advising and providing guidance to the safety and research infrastructures for the campuses of the University of Tennessee Knoxville and the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture in Knoxville.
Charter & Bylaws: 20150427-LaboratorySafetyCommitteeCharter
| Names | Organization | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Hazen | Civil and Environmental Engineering, Microbiology, Earth and Planetary Sciences | Chair | tchazen@utk.edu |
| Bill Dunne | College of Arts and Sciences | Vice Chair | wdunne@utk.edu |
| Sandra Prior | Environmental Health and Safety | EHS Director | sprior@utk.edu |
| Lee Jantz | Anthropology | ljantz@utk.edu | |
| Mariano Labrador | Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology | labrador@utk.edu | |
| Linda Hamilton | Biosafety | lhamil17@utk.edu | |
| Brian Ranger | Biosafety | branger@utk.edu | |
| Paul Dalhamier | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | pdalhaim@utk.edu | |
| Brian Long | Chemistry | long@utk.edu | |
| Andy Baker | Civil and Environmental Engineering | lbaker38@utk.edu | |
| Sharon Hale | Civil and Environmental Engineering | sfhale@utk.edu | |
| Chris Boake | College of Arts and Sciences | cboake@utk.edu | |
| Chris Fedo | Earth and Planetary Sciences | cfedo@utk.edu | |
| Larry McKay | Earth and Planetary Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences | lmckay@utk.edu | |
| Elizabeth Derryberry | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | liz@utk.edu | |
| Gong Gu | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | ggu1@utk.edu | |
| James Cantu | Environmental Health and Safety | jcantu@utk.edu | |
| Pam Koontz | Environmental Health and Safety | pjkoontz@utk.edu | |
| Scott Moser | Environmental Health and Safety | smoser@utk.edu | |
| Derek Bailey | Facilities Services | dbailey4@utk.edu | |
| Mark Wagner | Facilities Services | mwagner1@utk.edu | |
| Yingkui Li | Geography | yli32@utk.edu | |
| Kristen Vandergriff | Graduate School of Medicine | klvandergriff@utmck.edu | |
| John Kobza | Industrial and Systems Engineering | jkobza@utk.edu | |
| Darcy Rathjen | Joint Institute for Advanced Materials | D.Rathjen.JIAM@utk.edu | |
| Sally Fridge | Lab Animal Safety | sfridge@utk.edu | |
| Doug Aaron | Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering | daaron@utk.edu | |
| William Ferrell | Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (Graduate Student) | wferrel2@vols.utk.edu | |
| Scott Emert | Nuclear Engineering | wemert@utk.edu | |
| Ling Zhao | Nutrition | ling.zhao@utk.edu | |
| Lori Cole | Office of Lab Animal Care | lcole21@utk.edu | |
| Shawn Campagna | Office of Research and Engagement | campagna@utk.edu | |
| Robert Nobles | Office of Research and Engagement | nobles@utk.edu | |
| Christine Cheney | Physics and Astronomy | ccheney@utk.edu | |
| Rosie Metallo | Plant Science | ||
| Matthew Cooper | Psychology | mcooper@utk.edu | |
| Marsha Smith | Radiation Safety | mmsmith@utk.edu | |
| Erin Tucker | School of Art | etucker8@utk.edu | |
| Clayton Frazier | Teaching and Learning Innovation | cfrazie9@utk.edu | |
| Don Conard | Theater | jconard@utk.edu | |
| Steve Crouch | UT Institute of Agriculture | scrouch4@utk.edu | |
| Jacob Payne | UT Institute of Agriculture | jpayne@utk.edu | |
| David White | UT Institute of Agriculture | dwhite25@utk.edu |
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EHS participates in other safety and compliance committees such as:
- International Risk Management Committee
- Institutional Biosafety Committee
- Football Planning Group
- Emergency Management Steering Committee
- Campus Committee on the Environment
- Campus Compliance Committee
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Safety Committee
- Environmental Compliance Team
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
- Institutional Review Board
- Radiation Safety Committee
- Traffic & Parking Authority
- Personal Safety Committee