Jeff Karcher, Director of Safety & Loss Control, (715)346-3901

Sandy Palmgren, Risk Management Specialist, (715)346-2618


Dick Bartosh, Environmental Health and Safety Officer, (715)346-2320 

Kevin Czerwinski, Chemical Hygiene Officer, (715)346-4154

Wendy Peterson, Environmental Health & Safety Specialist, (715)346-4464


Safety and Loss Control is a unit of Business Affairs. The office of Safety and Loss Control provides the UWSP campus with leadership and direction in the areas of risk management, property and liability insurance and claims management, loss prevention and control, worker’s compensation management, occupational health and safety, laboratory safety and chemical hygiene, DOT compliance, ergonomics, hazardous materials/wastes management, and environmental management.

Safety and Loss Control is located in the George Stien Building, room 101.​