Environment, Health and Safety

The Environment, Health and Safety(formerly Safety and Environmental Protection Programs and Occupational Health Services) is dedicated to ensuring a safe, healthful, and environmentally friendly workplace for all employees and visitors to the National Cancer Institute at Frederick (NCI-Frederick).

It is the policy of the NCI-Frederick to create and maintain a healthy and safe workplace, and to promote a healthy work force as its most valuable and enduring resource. Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) provides comprehensive health services to NCI-Frederick employees and emergency medical services and treatment for accidental injury or illness occurring to NCI-Frederick employees at Ft. Detrick.

Our goal is the maintenance and development of safety programs and regulations that establish guidelines for full compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local occupational safety and environmental laws and regulations.