Occupational Safety & Fire Prevention

The mission of the Occupational Safety and Fire Prevention (OSFP) Program is to provide, promote, and support a safe and healthy environment for learning, research, and clinical care for all UTHealth Houston faculty, employees, students, medical residents and visitors. Through a proactive approach of safety across our campus buildings and grounds, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) diligently works to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and mitigate hazards to ensure compliance aligning with current fire and life safety code standards. By providing campus outreach, trainings, scheduled testing and evaluation, OSFP strives to minimize incidents to safeguard our campus community of more than 19,000 people spread across more than 6 million square feet in the world’s largest medical center complex. Simply put, we exist to help people go home as healthy and as safely as when they arrive on our campus each day.

EHS Main Office	713-500-8100
EHS Hotline (after hours, weekends, holidays)	713-500-5832
EHS Occupational Safety and Fire Prevention	713-500-8165
For Emergencies, Dial UT Police Dispatch	713-792-2890 or 911

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15 Second Delayed Egress door

A 15 second delayed egress door is a door that has a magnetic device that will keep a door locked for 15 seconds before it will allow the door to open. Delayed egress doors are installed primarily for security. They prevent a door from being opened immediately from the inside.  This type of device is used on campus to prevent theft. They are in most of the buildings on campus, are tested annually by EH&S, and they are code compliant.  For more information on the operation on these doors please watch the video below.  If you have any questions please contact Environmental Health and Safety at 713-500-8100.