The Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) is committed to assisting South Dakota State University in making the university a safe learning, teaching and working environment and to contribute to the long term goal of environmental, sustainable and social responsibilities.
EHS provides services to the university community to ensure university functions are performed in a safe environment and that SDSU is in compliance with applicable federal, state and local safety and environmental regulations. By working with other administrative and academic departments, EHS works to minimize the university’s loss, exposure and liability.
The EHS staff asks that you look to the office as a planning and training resource to reduce the potential for an incident and to mitigate the effects should an incident occur.
To ensure faculty and staff access to information, EHS maintains a website on InsideState where additional information and resources are provided (requires SDSU account and password).
Our Services
The Environmental Health and Safety Office provides direct and consultative services to the university campus activities to prevent injuries and/or illnesses and provide academic research oversight through:
- Risk assessment and identification
- Evaluation and control of potential hazards which may affect the university's mission
- Training:
- Fire Safety and Extinguisher Use
- Agricultural Mechanical Equipment
- Chemical Hygiene and Laboratory Safety
- Radiation Safety
- Biological Safety
- ATV-UTV-ROV Safety
- Respirator Fit Testing
- Indoor air quality evaluations
- Audits of chemical, biological, and radiological activities
- Management of hazardous materials, e-waste, and radioactive materials
- Management of MSDS/SDS documents