The University of New Mexico’s Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) department is launching a new anonymous Culture of Safety survey aimed at gathering feedback from staff, faculty, and other employees about occupational health and safety across campus. The survey opens on September 9, 2025, and will be available in both English and Spanish.
According to EHS, the initiative comes after preventable workplace injuries occurred on campus last year. The department noted that some occupational safety concerns were not reported and near-miss incidents in labs and facilities went unreported. EHS believes input from employees is critical to improving safety measures.
“This anonymous Culture of Safety survey is your direct line to improving occupational health and safety at UNM. It takes just 15 minutes, and your input is invaluable.”
In response to previous assessments, EHS has formed an Executive Safety Committee, introduced new incident reporting systems, allocated resources for workplace safety improvements, and implemented department-specific safety measures.
“Real progress is already happening. When colleagues spoke up in the last assessment, UNM listened. Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) formed an Executive Safety Committee, launched new incident reporting systems, allocated resources for workplace safety improvements, and implemented department-specific safety measures. Now we need to know: Is it working?”
The survey asks participants about daily workplace safety realities, team practices regarding safety procedures, leadership’s commitment to occupational safety, and suggestions for improvement within their specific work environments. Responses are collected anonymously with only aggregated data shared with the university.
“Environmental Health & Safety is asking for your honest perspectives on your daily workplace safety reality, your team’s safety practices, leadership’s commitment to occupational safety, and what would make your specific work environment safer. Your responses are anonymous and UNM sees only compiled results, never individual responses.”
The focus areas include identification of workplace hazards, adequacy of training programs and equipment availability as well as general attitudes toward maintaining a safe work environment.
“The survey focuses specifically on occupational health and safety: workplace hazards, safety equipment, training, procedures, and the safety culture in your work area. Every response shapes our workplace safety future. Your survey response could prevent their next workplace injury.”
The university encourages all employees to participate so that a comprehensive understanding of campus-wide occupational health can be achieved.
“Don’t let someone else speak for your workplace safety. The survey will open Sept. 9, 2025 and is available in English and Spanish through the QR codes or links below.”
