Heat Stress
Hot weather is here. Every year in the US, there are dozens of preventable worker deaths and thousands more workers become ill from extreme heat or humid conditions. Learn how to protect yourself during this type of extreme weather.
Hot weather is here. Every year in the US, there are dozens of preventable worker deaths and thousands more workers become ill from extreme heat or humid conditions. Learn how to protect yourself during this type of extreme weather.
Fatalities caused by falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause of death for construction employees. Those deaths were preventable. The National Safety Stand-Down raises fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort to stop fall fatalities and injuries.
Show your love for Orange County’s waterways during the first-ever Orange County Creek Week, set for March 12-19. The initiative will engage the public on the importance of clean and healthy waterways.
Starting in March, OWASA will temporarily use chlorine instead of chloramines to disinfect our drinking water.
Strong community participation helped Carolina defend its national title in a university flu vaccination competition.
Due to the significant increase in the volume of calls to the University Employee Occupational Health Clinic (UEOHC), employees are to follow the current CDC guidance (as of January 9, 2022). Please note that UEOHC staff will be prioritizing critical healthcare employees.
Well before COVID-19, Pauli helped keep Carolina employees healthy and safe, but her contact-tracing work has been especially important during Carolina’s response to the pandemic.
Water springing from a granite ridge millions of years in the making is a main reason for Carolina’s location. Here’s a look at how that water flowing under and through campus becomes the University’s Meeting of the Waters Creek.
October is the optimum month to get a flu vaccination, and shots are available at the Student Stores Pharmacy, University Employee Occupational Health Clinic and clinics across campus.
Ethics and Policy intern Jay Ramesh interviews Cathy Brennan, Executive Director of EHS at UNC-Chapel Hill.