Case Study: The University of Arizona achieves streamlined chemical safety and major time savings with VelocityEHS Chemical Management

University of Arizona Streamlines Chemical Safety with VelocityEHS

The University of Arizona, a leading research university conducting over $580M in annual research, faced a major chemical safety challenge: thousands of labs and campus facilities managing more than 80,000 substances with outdated paper SDS binders and limited staff time. A campus reorganization expanded the safety team’s responsibilities to include chemical management, creating urgency for a streamlined, researcher-friendly solution.

In 2015 the university implemented VelocityEHS Chemical Management, integrated with existing systems and tailored to campus needs. The cloud-based platform centralized SDSs, provides automatic updates, mobile access and container-level tracking, significantly reducing staff time and costs, improving compliance, and fostering collaborative relationships between labs and safety staff.

The University of Arizona

Sukeshi Roberts

Chemical Safety Coordinator