About Safety & Injury Prevention
Safety & Injury Prevention manages and implements health and safety programs for the university with a specific focus on injury prevention program development and implementation, meeting federal and state regulations, primarily Cal/OSHA. Our team develops, plans and organizes campus’ approach to injury and illness prevention efforts.
Meet Our Team
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Jennie Wung | Assistant Director, Safety Services | jwung@uci.edu |
| Blaise Bautsch | Senior Safety Specialist | bbautsch@uci.edu |
| Belinda Manalac | Safety Training & Data Development Coordinator | bmanalac@uci.edu |
| Eric Allton | Safety Specialist; School Coordinator (Interim) | egallton@uci.edu |
| Daniel Paek | Safety Specialist III | paekd1@uci.edu |
| VACANT | Ergonomics Program Coordinator |
Learn More
- Cal/OSHA Title 8 program areas:
- Arc flash safety
- Compressed gas safety
- Confined space entry
- Contractor safety
- Defensive driving
- Dive safety
- Electrical safety: Low Voltage, high voltage, lock out tag out
- Employee injury prevention
- Ergonomics
- Fall protection
- Field safety
- Housekeeping/work surfaces
- IIPP (Injury and Illness Prevention Program)
- Lockout tagout program
- Machine shop safety
- Manual materials handling
- Motorized cart safety
- PPE (Personal Protective Equipment in non-research areas)
- Trenching and Shoring
- Working At Heights
- Safety issues consultation and follow-up
- Injury investigations
- Safety training compliance
- Injury metrics and analysis
- Safety compliance training
- Incident and injury follow-up and recommendations
- Safety concern follow-up and recommendations
- Manage the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)/Safety On Site (SOS) program implementation
- Perform inspections and safety consultations, and respond to incident investigations and safety concerns, and conduct hazard specific safety trainings and presentations
- Conduct hazard assessments and recommend controls, including PPE recommendations
- Conduct safety consultations and review for third-party contractor work and for special events, including student-run events
- Construction job walkthroughs
- Ergonomic evaluations
- Machine shop inspections
- All campus employees
- Athletics
- Division of Finance and Administration (DFA)
- Research labs
- Student Affairs