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About Us
Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) has the goal of providing guidance and direction in all phases of the safety program including occupational safety and health, environmental control, chemical safety. Our goal is to promote the industrial hygiene and safety standards and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Our Services
- Identify and control chemical hazards.
- Monitor and administers hazardous chemical waste disposal program.
- Conduct environmental sampling/monitoring.
- Respond to chemical spills and accidents.
- Investigate complaints related to workplace exposures.
- Conduct training in the use, control and disposal of hazardous chemicals
- Ensure EPA compliance.
Provide lifting guideline
| Sex/Age | No Restriction? | Training Required? | Lifting Aids Required? | Not Recommended |
| Male <50 | 0-40 lbs. | 41-60 lbs. | 61- 130 lbs. | >130 lbs. |
| Male =>50 | 0-30 lbs. | 31-50 lbs. | 51-105 lbs. | >105 lbs. |
| Female* <50 | 0-25 lbs. | 26-40 lbs. | 41-80 lbs. | >80 lbs. |
| Female* =>50 | 0-20 lbs. | 21-30 lbs. | 31-60 lbs. | >60 lbs. |
| * females who are pregnant should not lift more than 25 lbs. | ||||
References:
Applications Manual for the Revised Lifting Equation, US Department of Health and Human Services, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 94-110, NTIS, Springfield, VA 1994.
Grandjean, Etinne Fitting the Task to the Man, A Textbook of Occupational Ergonomics, 4th edition, Taylor & Francis Inc., Philadelphia, Pa 1988.
The Ergonomics Group, Health and Environmental Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Company, Ergonomic Design for People at Work, Volume 2, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY, 1986.
Contact Us
For the Following Chemical or Environmental Safety Contact Information, see below:
| JHMI? | 5-4444 | ||||||||
| Homewood? | 6-7777 | ||||||||
| Asthma Center | 5-4444 | ||||||||
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Hazardous Material Disposal Schedule
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Tuesdays | 1:00 - 3:00 | Blalock B-195 |
| Homewood | Thursdays * | 10:30 - 11:30 1:00 - 2:00 | Macaulay Hall Basement |
| School of Medicine | |||
| Biophy/Phys/PCTB/WBSB/Hunt | Wednesdays | 1:00 - 2:00 | WBSB 10th floor |
| Traylor/Ross/BRB/KKI | Wednesdays | 2:30 - 3:30 | Traylor Ground Room G065B |
| Asthma & Allergy Center | 1st Tuesday | 9:00 - 10:00 | Loading Dock |
| Cancer Research Building II | Wednesdays | 9:00 - 10:00 | G26 |
| Bloomberg School of Hygiene | 2nd and 4th Tuesdays | 9:00 - 10:00 | W1301 at the loading dock |
| Questions | Call 410.955.5918 | ||
Click here to fill out Chemical Waste form. Click here to view a short tutorial on how to use the online Chemical Waste form.
* Please note these schedule changes for December: 12/24 - closed, 12/31 - 9:00 am to 11:30 am
| Gas Odors | Contact facility | |||||
| Noxious Odors | If feeling ill, go to:
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Otherwise call HSE
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| Other odors | Send email detailing information to: jas@jhmi.edu? |
For the following services, contact at the number below:
- Hazardous Material Registration
- Exposure Monitoring
- Chemical Hygiene/Laboratory Safety/Chemical Exposures
- Shipping of Hazardous Materials
- Ergonomics
- Asbestos
Health, Safety & Environment is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM
East Baltimore Campus
2024 E. Monument Street, Suite B-200
Baltimore, MD 21205
Office 410.955.5918
Fax 410.955.5929
Homewood Campus
3100 Wyman Park Drive, Suite G04
Baltimore, MD 21218
Office: 410.516.8798
Fax: 410.516.4314
Our Staff
East Baltimore Campus
John Schaefer, CIH, MFS, HEM - Associate Director
James A. Bukowski, MS, CIH, HEM - Assistant Director
Anita M. Stone, MS, HEM - Health, Safety and Environmental Manager
Clifton W. Carter, HEM - Industrial Hygienist
Mark Sobota, HEM - Industrial Hygienist
Maria Livingston, HEM - Hazardous Materials Technician Assistant
Jon Thomas, Jr., CHMM, HEM - Dangerous Goods Specialist
Alfreda Dean, HEM - Hazardous Materials Technician
Ronald Robinson - Hazardous Materials Technician
Ethan Martin - Hazardous Materials Technician
Homewood Campus
Perry Cooper, MS, CCHO, HEM - Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager
Steve Lee, HEM - Industrial Hygienist
Terry Kellam, HEM - Occcupational Safety Officer
Daniel Kuespert - Associate Research Scientist
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