Public employers are to furnish employees a place of employment free of recognized hazards that may cause death or serious physical harm. It is the intention of Ohio University to provide employees with a work place free of recognized hazards which may cause injury or illness. In order to implement these rules effectively, it is important that everyone take responsibility for health and safety. In order to conduct business as efficiently as possible, certain tasks may be handled more effectively centrally. Therefore, departments implementing their own programs must coordinate through the EHS department.
Some regulations have training requirements, medical requirements, and sampling requirements.
Some have requirements which may make it necessary to modify work stations or make changes in the work place. It is because of these many and varied requirements that each department make a preliminary assessment to determine which standards are applicable from the programming and training made available to them by the EHS Department. EHS is available for assistance in making this determination and compliance auditing. If a complaint letter is received by anyone at Ohio University, EHS shall immediately be notified. Such refusals shall be immediately brought to the attention of proper supervisors and EHS for investigation.