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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is committed to the health and safety of our students, faculty, staff and visitors. The goal of this Policy is to minimize the detrimental effects of excessive heat on UNC employees who are required to work outdoors or within indoor environments with elevated temperatures.

From financial pressures to workplace stress and family issues, life can be challenging. If you need help, the UNC-Chapel Hill Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available.

These requirements apply to all open excavations made in the earth’s surface into which employees are expected to enter. An excavation is defined as, “Any man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in an earth surface, formed by earth removal.” (OSHA 1926.650) A trench (trench excavation) is defined as, “A narrow excavation made below the surface of the ground where the depth is greater than the weidth, but the width of a trench (measured at the bottom) is less than 15 feet (4.6 m) or less...

The purpose of this standard is to ensure that any proposed neuromuscular blocking drugs are properly utilized in conjunction with appropriate analgesics and anesthetics and users are aware of autonomic nervous system changes that can be indicator of pain related to an inadequate depth of anesthesia.

This document describes the rules governing the use of the Carolina Union's Meditation Room.

This chapter discusses the unique properties of nanomaterials, solid superatomic materials with at least one dimension in the range of one to 100 nanometers. Subsequent sections discuss the potential safety and health concerns from nanomaterials (based on cell culture and animal studies), the routes of exposure, and guidance on how to prevent exposures to nanomaterials.

UNC employees and contractors must be aware of potential hazards associated with accessing campus roofs, and this policy has been developed to assist in mitigating those hazards.

The standards and procedures described in this document provide guidance to all researchers and animal handlers for managing potential weight loss that may occur due to experimental variables or conditions that could interfere with eating and / or drinking (e.g. difficulty with ambulation).

The purpose of this standard is to ensure that the advantages and disadvantages for animal identification methods in addition to the required training for certain techniques are communicated to animal users.

This document is intended to describe aseptic technique for amphibian oocyte harvesting survival surgeries. This Standard allows for five survival surgeries and one non-survival surgery to be performed on a single amphibian.

The purpose of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) Respiratory Protection Program is to protect the health of employees in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Respiratory Protection Standard, 29 CFR 1910.134. Respirators shall be used to protect against harmful dusts, fibers, fumes, mists, gasses, smokes, sprays, bio-aerosols, and vapors.

The standards and procedures described in this document provide guidance to all researchers and animal handlers for the euthanasia of rodents. Performing euthanasia correctly is an ethical imperative. Proper euthanasia minimizes pain/distress and reliably causes death. This document does not contain details for conduct of certain procedures.

The standards and procedures described in this document provide guidance to all investigators and animal handlers on how to safely transport animals across UNC facilities and between UNC facilities and off campus sites.

It is the policy of the UNC-CH Police Department to bring the investigative and enforcement elements of the UNC-CH Police Department into quick action, following any reported or observed incidents of hate incidents or crimes. There is a special emphasis placed on victim assistance and UNC-CH community cooperation in order to reduce trauma or fear for the victim and UNC-CH community. Each officer must conduct a thorough, prompt, and complete investigation in all hate incidents or crimes.

This chapter provides resources that can help you prevent a laboratory accident due to mishandling explosive substances, or mixing incompatible reactive substances. This chapter details several specific examples of explosive and reactive hazards that are common in laboratories.