Occupational Health
The proactive Occupational Health programs partner with the employee, the supervisor, the safety team, and a variety of UT Dallas departments to understand working conditions and to ensure that precautions are taken to protect the University’s most valuable asset: our employees.
Programs
Asbestos
Some projects at UTD may require removing or disturbing asbestos. To learn more about asbestos, how exposure may impact your health, and how to protect yourself, please visit the Asbestos webpage.
Ergonomics
Ergonomics is the applied science of equipment design, for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue, injury, and discomfort.
To request an ergonomics assessment, please complete the Ergonomic Assessment Request form.
For more information and resources, please visit the Ergonomics webpage.
Hearing Protection
Work-related hearing loss is a critical workplace safety and health issue. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the occupational safety and health community named hearing loss one of the 21 priority areas for research in this century. Noise-induced hearing loss is preventable, but once acquired, is permanent and irreversible.
We must all take steps to protect our hearing.
Noise exposure levels at work should not exceed 85 dB over 8 working hours (as an 8-hour time weighted average “TWA”). Supervisors should monitor all employees whose noise exposure is equivalent to, or greater than, a noise exposure received in 8 hours, where the noise level is constantly 85 dB.
Wear hearing protection such as ear plugs or ear muffs if you work in an area with equipment that exposes you to more than 85 dB.
Contact us if you’re not sure whether the noise in your area, or from your equipment, exceeds 85 dB.
Indoor Air Quality
The UTD Occupational Health & Safety team is to ensure a safe and healthy working environment by identifying and mitigating conditions that negatively impact indoor air quality.
All faculty, staff, and students concerned about the quality of their indoor environment, or who wish to have indoor air quality monitoring performed, should complete an Indoor Air Quality Assessment request.
For more information, please visit UTD’s Indoor Air Quality webpage.
Respiratory Protection
Faculty, staff, or students may be required to wear respiratory protection to reduce the potential of inhaling hazardous airborne particulates (including infectious agents), gases, and vapors.
For more information, please visit the Respiratory Protection webpage.
