PCOM's Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety (OES) promotes safety and environmental compliance within the PCOM campus communities. OES provides leadership, technical support, information and training, consultation, and periodic audits of environmental, health and safety practices, and regulatory compliance.
It is the goal of OES to be a highly-valued partner with all PCOM faculty, staff, and students to facilitate completion of their work in a safe and compliant manner.
The OES Department oversees the PCOM workplace safety, occupational health, laboratory safety, and environmental protection programs and partners with Public Safety and Plant Operations to coordinate the emergency management program at PCOM.
The workplace safety program improves the safety of the work environment through recognition, evaluation, and control of hazardous conditions and strives to reduce the frequency and severity of injuries to faculty, staff, and students through training, implementation of safe work practices, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Occupational health, also known as industrial hygiene, is the discipline of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, controlling, and preventing health hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and well-being and safeguarding the PCOM community at large.
The Laboratory safety program includes chemical safety, animal research health and safety, biological safety, and research waste management. The goal of the laboratory safety program is to minimize the risk of injury or illness to laboratory workers by ensuring that they have the training, information, support and equipment needed to work safely in the laboratory.
PCOM is committed to providing a safe and healthful environment and practicing good stewardship of our environmental resources. OES manages environmental programs for indoor air quality, mold and microbial growth concerns, drinking water quality, air, soil and water stewardship, and waste management.
Together with Plant Operations and the Department of Public Safety, OES responds to and prepares for campus emergencies. OES provides leadership and guidance for hazardous materials and public health emergencies and provides information and training for a variety of other types of emergencies and incidents.
Specific information for these programs is located on myPCOM.
Building fire evacuation plans for PCOM are listed below.
In the event of any hazardous material or chemical spills, isolate the spill, limit access to the area and contact PCOM Public Safety immediately. Do not attempt to handle the spill yourself. PCOM Public Safety will contact a representative of the Occupational and Environmental Safety staff who will coordinate clean-up efforts.
Patrick Wolf, MBA
Chief Occupational and Environmental Safety Officer
Rowland Hall 417
4190 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: 215-871-6360
Email: patrickwo@pcom.edu
Ashley Costick
Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator
Rowland Hall 417
4190 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: 215-871-6608
Email: ashleyco1@pcom.edu
Royce Bottoms
Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
625 Old Peachtree Rd. NW
Suwanee, GA 30024
Phone: 470-387-7712
Email: roycebo@pcom.edu
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