With warmer weather coming soon, we need to prepare for severe weather season. Taking time to learn about severe weather safety will reduce the risk of injury and fatalities that can result from severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
An emergency alert will be activated through the campus phone system on 03/09/22 at 8:00 am. Drill information also will be sent through email/text using Blackboard Connect or Informacast. Employees must seek shelter in designated locations for a few minutes as if a tornado was approaching the area. The goal of the drill is to rehearse procedures and prepare for imminent severe weather events.
Additionally, the National Weather Service in cooperation with local broadcasters will conduct a statewide tornado drill on 03/09/22 at 9:30 am.
The alarm test, which will come in the form of a Required Monthly Test, will activate the State Emergency Alert System and be carried by local radio broadcasters.
SEVERE WEATHER CHECKLIST
In the event of severe weather conditions, you should:
USEFUL LINKS
The COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges in the NCRC work environment as we appropriately respond to change during these unprecedented times. EHS will continue to provide critical services as needed for the NCRC university community, including maintaining a safe workplace to serve the research that continues on-site. Additionally, we want to create robust safety practices and initiatives that enhance our commitment to improve the institutional culture of safety.
One initiative includes launching this new “EHS Corner” on the NCRC webpage to cover safety and compliance topics affecting faculty, staff, and students across campus. The resource will include a range of topics addressing environmental concerns, occupational health, laboratory safety, waste disposal, and upcoming training, events, and workplace safety topics including COVID-19 prevention.
NCRC EHS will work with all employees to mitigate potential hazards, unsafe conditions, and unsafe work habits. We will continue to encourage faculty and students to take active roles to identify and ameliorate hazards and risks inherent in project work. NCRC wants to be at the forefront of embracing the idea that the culture of safety is foundational to our educational mission and research discovery process.
We can all improve safety in the workplace whether that be in laboratories; classrooms; or off-site. Let’s make it happen!
Allison A. Stockweather, CESCO
EHS Director
PS – Learn more about how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 with this helpful CDC safety guide.
Allison A. Stockweather, CESCO
EHS Director
Allison is a certified Environmental and Safety Compliance Officer (CESCO) with 25 years of experience in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management. She graduated with top Valedictorian honors from Travelers’ Rest High School and moved to Columbia, SC to obtain a BS in Biology from the University of South Carolina (USC). She continued her MS studies in Environmental Science at Virginia Commonwealth. She worked in public health as the North Carolina Bioterrorism Industrial Hygienist for the Public Health Regional Surveillance Team (PHRST); EHS Director for DAK Americas (PET manufacturing facility); EHS Senior Director for Holly Energy Partners (oil/gas operations for Holly Frontier Refinery); and EHS Vice President for Universal Pegasus (oil/gas engineering/surveying). In addition to becoming a certified Hazardous Materials Technician, she also achieved certified Site Safety Officer status.
Allison is happy to join the NCRC to assist with all EHS issues on-site!
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