Texas Tech University

Captain's Call

Captain's Call is a learning opportunity for Lab Safety Captains, lab managers and other personnel who help to oversee safety in their spaces. Two sessions of each topic will be offered each month.

We will meet in the TIPS Training Lab in Experimental Sciences Building II room 406 every month.

Email heather.coats@ttu.edu to be added to the mailing list.

Schedule & Topics

August - Lab Leadership

Thursday, August 29th 3-4pm

Friday, August 30th 1-2pm

Being a Lab Safety Captain for your research group can come with a new list of responsibilities. Let EHS make the job easier with a class communicating both critical leadership skills and tools to ease the workload. This class is for anyone who serves in a leadership role within a teaching or research lab. 

Septemeber - Emergency Response Drills

Thursday, September 26th 3-4pm

Friday, September 27th 1-2pm

Lab emergencies can happen to anyone. Being prepared is the best tactic to ensure swift and meaningful response when the things that can go wrong do go wrong. Come walk through emergency response drills with EHS including eye exposures, hazardous material spills, cuts, needlesticks, fires, and waste container emergencies. This session is open to any lab personnel. 

October - Safety Surveys

Thursday, October 24th 3-4pm

Friday, October 25th 10-11am

Come learn how to prepare your lab space for safety survey time! Review our survey checklists and learn how to submit corrective actions and your hazard assessment in RRAMP/SafetyStratus.