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Environmental, Health and Safety Services. Compliance Expectations and University Policy 1005. Agenda. Health and Safety Policy Emergency Action Planning Self-audits Employee Training and Record Keeping Personal Protective Equipment Designating Responsibilities. Agenda.
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Environmental, Health and Safety Services Compliance Expectations and University Policy 1005
Agenda • Health and Safety Policy • Emergency Action Planning • Self-audits • Employee Training and Record Keeping • Personal Protective Equipment • Designating Responsibilities
Policy 1005: Health and Safety 2. Policy (…) Faculty, staff, students, and other members of the Virginia Tech community must conduct university operations in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, and EHSS requirements.
Policy 1005: Health and Safety Responsible Parties • University President • Executive Vice President, Provost, Vice Presidents, Vice Provosts and Deans • Directors/Department Heads • Faculty, Principal Investigators, Supervisors, and Safety Representatives • Employees and Students • Contractors • Human Resources • EHSS
Policy 1005: Health and Safety • Directors/Department Heads • Implement the policy • Designate, as necessary, a safety team • Designate safety representatives • Direct employees to obtain training
Policy 1005: Health and Safety • Directors/Department Heads • Report accidents; perform investigations • Determine that safety needs are met • Ensure safety expectations are communicated
Policy 1005: Health and Safety • Directors/Department Heads • Ensure period safety self-audits performed • Ensure emergency action plans developed and communicated to all personnel
Emergency Action Plans Why? Departments must be prepared to respond effectively to smaller-scale emergencies where immediate action must be taken to protect departmental operations, personnel, and visitors to our campus.
Emergency Action Plans Who? • Every department • For everybuilding the department occupies
Emergency Action Plans What? • Designated roles • Emergency procedures (notification, routes) • Assembly locations • Special hazards • Communicated to everyone
Emergency Action Plans • What else? • Planning for persons with disabilities • Training and drills • Fill-in-the-blank template • Includes information on university alert systems • Shelter-in-place, fire, weather and other emergencies • Emergency procedures for faculty, lecturers and teaching assistants
Reduce Hazards in Worksites • Perform periodic self-audits • Principal investigators • Supervisors • Other designated person(s)
Reduce Hazard Exposures • Assure employees properly trained • Mandatory training by EHSS • Departmental training • Manage training attendance recordkeeping
Reduce Hazard Exposures • Assure proper use of personal protective equipment • PPE Coordinator by department or area or workgroup – PPE hazard assessment
Designated Health/Safety Coordinator or Team • Why??? • Assure employee training, record keeping, self-audits, hazard reporting • Devolves to Department Head/Director if not assigned
Designated Health/Safety Representatives or Team • Who??? • Some are self-evident: PI’s, supervisors • Teams where collaboration is necessary
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