The University of Vermont

Department of Risk Management

UVM Risk Management

Mission Statement

The mission of UVM's Risk Management Department is:

  • to promote safety and accident prevention
  • to manage the protection of University assets, both human and financial
  • to minimize legal liabilities
  • to support compliance with environmental and safety regulations.

UVM Risk Management Department exists to:

  • Identify and propose solutions to occupational and environmental health and safety problems
  • Identify and minimize exposure to fire and life safety hazards
    Investigate health and safety concerns of staff, faculty and students
  • Administer UVM's chemical waste disposal program
  • Manage UVM's workers' compensation program
  • Protect University assets while managing all insurance claims
  • Manage cash reserves to cover uninsured claims
  • Assess risks of all UVM programs in hopes of minimizing liabilities and accidents
  • Conduct training for the following:
    • driver training
    • ergonomic training
    • chemical use awareness training
    • blood borne pathogen training

  • Conduct campus inspections, concerning fire, chemical and safety hazards
  • Advise the following campus safety committees:
    • Institutional Radiation Safety
    • Institutional BioSafety Committee
    • Institutional Review Board
    • Students at Risk
    • Emergency Operations Group
  • Conduct annual fume hood and BioSafety cabinet inspections
  • Review contracts with third parties, along with the General Counsel's Office
  • Draft releases and waivers
  • Serve as a UVM representative to regulatory agencies and insurance carriers

 

Contact Us

UVM's Risk Management Department has TWO locations on campus. Please contact the office below that can best help you with your particular question or situation.

Risk Management 
Phone: 656-3242
Email: risk.management@uvm.edu
284 East Avenue,
Burlington, VT 05405-3401
Environmental Safety Facility
Phone: 656-5400
Email: esf@uvm.edu
667 Spear Street,
Burlington, VT 05405
This office assesses risks involved in new or existing programs and activities. It offers advice and assistance for ways to minimize liability and property losses and to minimize accidents. Risk Management staff will provide advice on general safety issues, including fire safety, injury prevention, defensive driver training and OSHA compliance matters. This office also manages the University's workers' compensation program, manages claims, and purchases insurance to cover various University risks. Personnel here can address your chemical safety, lab safety, fume hood maintenance, hazardous waste management, environmental and occupational health and safety needs, including training, and your regulatory compliance responsibilities. The Environmental Safety Facility is a permitted facility for centralized storage of waste chemicals generated in labs and other areas on campus. Wastes are transported off site by outside contractors who dispose of the chemicals, primarily through incineration.

Last modified February 03 2010 09:59 AM

Contact UVM © 2010 The University of Vermont - Burlington, VT 05405 - (802) 656-3131