The Safety Professional, in determining which staff should be protected, may request assistance from others, including division administrators, departmental executive officers, managers, and supervisors. The Safety Professional considers special requests from staff for personal protective equipment. Those requests are submitted through appropriate administrative channels. The Safety Professional evaluates the request, determines whether or not protection is necessary and reports the findings to the department involved. The Safety Professional, with assistance from the Purchasing Department and General Stores, makes arrangements with one or more suppliers for purchase and any required service of personal protective equipment.
Departments supply personal protective equipment to staff members identified as needing protection.
Departments inform personnel that the use of protective equipment, once issued, is required whenever the individual's supervisor so indicates. If the required protective equipment is not being worn due to damage or inadvertence, the individual will be issued appropriate temporary equipment. Departments are responsible for the recovery of all items of personal protective equipment except shoes and prescription glasses from staff members who resign or transfer to a job which does not require such protective equipment. Enforcement of rules requiring the wearing of personal protective equipment is the responsibility of the department. General Stores coordinates the shoe and safety glass program, which includes verifying and authorizing payments to suppliers, distributing costs to departments from approved requisitions, and maintaining a central record.