In the absence of appropriate statutes and governmental regulations, the published standards of recognized professional health and safety organizations will serve as guides. An audit system should be established at the department level to assure an effective health and safety program remains in place. This system of safety management and compliance auditing, combined with the results from departmental inspections and other monitoring activities permit an assessment of the quality of health and safety management and technical controls to identify what needs to be improved, and how best to target resources. Similarly, use of hazardous materials in human subjects needs to be authorized by the appropriate faculty committee. Other university activities may have specific health and safety requirements.
All employees are responsible for adherence to the UCSD health and safety standards.
Managers and Supervisors are responsible for assuring operations under their control are conducted in a safe manner, training is provided prior to start of work, and hazards are identified and mitigated. Safety performance will be monitored on an annual basis during the performance evaluation process.