FACULTY
Richard J. Gleason, MSPH
Lecturer, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Mr. Gleason teaches ENV 560, Organization and Administration of Occupational Safety and Health Programs and ENVH 562, Technical Aspects of Industrial Safety. He currently is a lecturer in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW. He also assists in ENVH 559, Apppplied Industrial Hygiene and Safety.
Mr. Gleason worked for Federal OSHA and State WISHA as an inspector for thirteen years. He has been teaching for the last 12 years. He currently assists the University of Washington OSHA Training center provide services to Region 10 comprising Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. Mr. Gleason is the class coordinator for the following courses:
• OSHA 226 Permit Required Confined Space Entry (20 hour course)
• OSHA 500 Instructor Train-the-Trainer for Construction Safety and Health (30 hour course)
• OSHA 501 Instructor Train-the-Trainer for General Industry (30 hour course)
• OSHA 510 Introduction to Construction (30 hour course)
• OSHA 521 Industrial Hygiene (30 hour course)
Mr. Gleason also assists in third party liability cases as an expert witness in construction safety cases. After the cases are settled he uses the information (without the names of the establishments) as real world case histories in his courses.
Contact Information
Box 3546954225 Roosevelt Way NE
Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98105-6099
Tel: 206-856-6660
Fax: 206-524-6646
rgleason@u.washington.edu
Research Interests
Construction safety, OSHA/WISHA Training Institute, occupational health & safety, hazardous waste site cleanup, UW-OSHA Region X Train-the-Trainer Class Coordinator
Education
MSPH, Industrial Hygiene and Safety, University of Washington, SPHCM 1980
