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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.

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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

Lifting Guidelines (Weight) For A Single Individual

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.

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For the Following Chemical or Environmental Safety Contact Information, see below:

Chemical Spills

JHMI?

5-4444

Homewood?

6-7777

Asthma Center

5-4444

Provide Operator with:

	Your Name
	Your Location
	Your Phone Number
	What spilled

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 10^th floor
Traylor/Ross/BRB/KKI	Wednesdays	2:30 - 3:30	Traylor Ground Room G065B
Asthma & Allergy Center	1^st Tuesday	9:00 - 10:00	Loading Dock
Cancer Research Building II	Wednesdays	9:00 - 10:00	G26
Bloomberg School of Hygiene	2^nd and 4^th 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

Indoor Air Quality

Gas Odors

Contact facility

Noxious Odors

If feeling ill, go to:

JHMI (Occupational Injury Clinic)	5-6433
Homewood (Occupational Health Services)	6-0450

Otherwise call HSE

JHMI?	5-5918
Homewood?	6-8798
Asthma Center	5-5918

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

East Baltimore Campus
Office 410.955.5918

Homewood Campus
3100 Wyman Park Drive, Suite G04
Office 410.516.8798

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Our Staff

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