Health, Safety, and Environment

The University of Regina is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for all members of the University community. An overview of the elements of the University's Health and Safety system can viewed in the Health and Safety Policy (PDF). The Health, Safety, and Environment Unit is available to assist Faculty, staff, students, and visitors in making the University a safe place to live, work, and learn. Safety is everyone's responsibility, and we are here to help you do your part!

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Notice something on Campus that seems unsafe?

Let us know! There are so many examples of things we turn a blind eye to. You'll walk over a slippery patch of ice and say to yourself "someone could get hurt", but chances are you won't report it. Well why not? Give it a try! It could be anything that has the potential to cause damage to property, or harm to a person or the environment. We will do our best to ensure that your concern is directed to the right people to fix the problem. Some examples include: Fire exits blocked obstructed by furniture, tripping hazards, emergency exit signs or lights in stairwells that are burnt out, something that has the potential to fall on someone, the list goes on!

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Emergency Notification System (ENS)

The U of R has implemented an enhanced Emergency Notification System (ENS) designed to ensure effective and timely warnings are delivered to faculty, staff, students and visitors to campus.
The ENS system currently has the capacity to display urgent messages on computers connected to the University of Regina network and on television monitors across the University of Regina’s main and College Avenue campuses. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to connect personal computers, such as laptops, to this system to automatically receive urgent notification/warnings in the event of an emergency. Personal computers must be connected to either the University’s uofrWPA wireless network or the traditional wired network.

PC users: To connect, follow the Alertus download instructions available at: http://www.uregina.ca/is/infrastructure/network/downloads/index.html

MAC users: http://www.uregina.ca/is/infrastructure/network/downloads/mac.html

Wireless users will only receive notices when connected to the uofrWPA
wireless system. For instructions to connect to the uofrWPA wireless
system, please see: http://www.uregina.ca/is/infrastructure/network/wireless/index.html.

Please take a look at the University's Emergency Info Page for more info

We've all done it:

"Did I remember to shut the stove off?", "Did I leave the coffee maker on?". Well the same kind of thing can happen in the workplace, especially in labs. Most labs use hot plates of some kind, and it is very easy to forget to unplug one before you leave for the day. This incident is yet another example of why we all need to do our part and double check our workspace before we leave. Luckily the fire only caused a small amount of damage, it put itself out, and no one was hurt. For more information, click here.

You never think that something will go wrong, but these next three videos detail a few cases where things did go wrong. So many injuries and deaths can be prevented by making safety a priority, and putting it at the forefront of our minds when planning and executing experiments.

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