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Reporting EHS Hazards or Concerns

The EHS Team strongly encourages faculty, staff and students to report safety concerns or unsafe conditions on campus that could lead to an accident or injury. With your support, we can proactively identify areas where accidents may be likely to occur and prevent future incidents.

There are a number of ways for you can get engaged and report safety concerns or unsafe conditions:

Contact a member of the EHS Team

Kyle Coughlin
Trinity College EHS Manager
Email: [email protected]
Office: 860-297-4250

Submit a facilities work order request via email to [email protected]

  • Please make note in the subject line and in the email description that you are reporting a safety issue. Pictures are also helpful to include if possible.

For urgent safety and/or health-related issues or concerns outside of normal business hours, please contact Campus Safety:

  • (Emergency) 860-297-2222  (dial 2222 from any on-campus landline phone)
  • (Routine)  860-297-3333

If the situation is an emergency, contact Campus Safety at 860-297-2222 or call 911.

Reporting Safety and/or Health Issues or Concerns: Do’s and Don’ts

Do Don’t
  • Be sure to report safety and health-related issues and concerns immediately or as quickly as possible (especially if someone could become seriously injured or ill).​
  • Encourage others to report safety and health-related issues.
  • Take measures to minimize and/or alert others of the hazard (if safe to do so) until help arrives.
  • Provide as many details as possible when making a report.
  • Very clearly indicate whether or not you believe the issue to be urgent (potential immediate risk for serious injury or illness)
  • Wait to report safety and health issues; the sooner it is reported, the sooner we can work to make sure nobody gets hurt or becomes ill.
  • Assume that someone else will report the issue.
  • Be afraid to report an issue as urgent or emergency if you believe it to be.
  • Put yourself in harm’s way—if there is an imminent risk, get to a safe place and report the issue as an emergency.
  • Put others in harm’s way – Take reasonable measures to minimize and/or alert others of the hazard (if safe to do so) until help arrives.