UVM Department of Risk Management & Safety 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 to minimize liabilities, accident, and adverse financial impact to the university. 
• 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
  • Personal Safety & Response Team
    
  • Emergency Operations Group
    
• Conduct annual fume hood and BioSafety cabinet user training
  
• Review contracts with third parties, along with the General Counsel's Office
• Draft releases and waivers
• Serve as a UVM representative to select regulatory agencies and insurance carriers