Who is Safety & Compliance?
Our Duties:
- Oversee occupational safety and compliance programs for campus employees, including departmental Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (IIPP) and associated exposure specific plans as required by Cal/OSHA Title 8.
- Provide departmental oversight of State & Federal Health and Safety Regulations via inspections, incident investigations, safety consultations and hazard specific trainings/presentations.
- Conduct safety consultation for third-party contractor work performed on campus and provide protocol review for special events upon request.
- Responders to the EH&S Serious Injury Hotline and conduct reporting/investigation protocols for occupational incidents/fatalities as required by the state.
- Campus liaison for Cal/OSHA Investigations and associated legal matters.
Meet Our Team
Safety Programs Manager - Amanda Cruz
Safety Engineer - Josue Romero
Senior Safety Specialist - Essam Eissa
Senior Safety Specialist - Alyssa Hodgson
Senior Safety Specialist - VACANT
Safety Specialist - Jorge Cisneros
Safety Specialist - Estrella Saucedo
Safety Specialist - Emily Lopez
Campus-Wide
- Departmental IIPPs (~170 total campus-wide)
- EH&S Serious Injury Hotline
- Incident Investigations
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Library
- UCLA Shop Safety Program
- High Hazard Operations
- UCLA Confined Space Program (HHS/FM, Other)
- UCLA Fall Protection Program (HHS/FM, Other)
- UCLA Hot Work Program (HHS/FM, Other)
- UCLA Lock Out Tag Out Program (HHS/FM, Other)
- UCLA Trenching and Excavation (HHS/FM, Other)
- UCLA Exposure Control Plan – Bloodborne Pathogens and Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (non-research)
- UCLA Hazard Communication Program
- UCLA Heat Illness Prevention Plan
- UCLA Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) Program
- UCLA Field Safety
- UC Slip Resistant Shoe Program
- UC Performing Arts Safety Manual
- Safety Assessments of campus spaces and/or operations
- Safety Consultation and approvals for special events/third party contractor work
HHS/FM Specific
- Green Light for Safety
- Custodial Safety Olympics
- Metrics/Annual Strategic Plan
- Return to Work)
Campus-Wide
- AED Inspections - UCLA PAD Program units (monthly)
- Office Inspections (upon request)
- Shop Inspections (annual)
- Robotics and Technical Area Inspections (annual)
- Athletic, Recreational Sports and Aquatic Venue Inspections (annual)
- Theater and Safety in the Arts Inspections (annual)
- Slip Meter Assessments (upon request)
- Safety Bulletin Boards (upon request)
- Safety Assessments of facility, operation, and/or special event (upon request)
- Job Walks on multi-employer worksites
- Safety consultation for third party contractor work performed on campus
HHS/FM Specific
- Food & Beverage Inspections (monthly)
- Custodial Storage Inspections (quarterly)
Campus Building
Our clientele includes all campus departments, staff and faculty with designated safety services for Housing & Hospitality and Facilities Management. Safety services for students, visitors, third party contractors and/or special events are provided upon request and in collaboration with the necessary UC counterparts on a case-by-case basis.
Off-Campus Buildings
Safety services are offered to off-site locations performing UCLA affiliated operations and/or managed by UCLA employees. These include but are not limited to the following locations:
- Architecture and Urban Design - IDEAS Lab
- Capital Programs
- Fleet Transit Yard
- Getty Villa (Conservation Lab)
- Kinross Building
- Lake Arrowhead Conference Center
- Marina Aquatic Center
- Hammer Museum and Billy Wilder Theater
- UCLA Film and Television Archives and Nitrate Vaults
- UCLA Warner Graduate Art Studios
- University Apartments/Off-Campus Graduate Housing Maintenance
- Science and Technology Research Building (STRB)
- White Mountain Research Station (upon acquisition rotation)
Who are our main collaborators?
- UCLA Insurance & Risk Management (IRM)
- UCLA Fire Department
- UCLA Facilities Management (FM)
- UCLA Housing & Hospitality Services (HHS)
- UCLA Health
- UCLA Legal Affairs
- UC Office of the President (UCOP)
- UC Systemwide Occupational Safety Workgroup – Rotating Members
- UCLA Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) Advisory Committee – Chair (VACANT), Co-Chair (Alex)
- UCLA Academic Shop Safety Committee – Chair (Allison), Co-Chair (Alex)
- UCLA Sustainability Committee – Member (VACANT)
- UCLA Injury Prevention Committee – Rotating Members
- UCLA Health Environment of Care Committee – Rotating Members
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Safety Committee – Rotating Members
- UCLA Facilities Management Safety Committee – Rotating Members
- UCLA HHS Safety Committees – Rotating Members
- Dining Services
- On-Campus Housing Maintenance (OCHM)
- Rooms