New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 19 - CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND STANDARDS › Subchapter 6 - SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS › Section 6A:19-6.4 - Safety and health plan for career and technical education

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All
				district boards of education and other institutions and agencies operating a
				career and technical education program, program of study, cooperative education
				experience, and/or apprenticeship training in a hazardous occupation shall
				organize, adopt, and implement a written Career and Technical Education Safety
				Health Plan describing the safety and health program being used to protect
				students and staff from safety and health risks in the career and technical
				education classroom or at a school-sponsored cooperative education experience
				or apprenticeship training worksite. The Career and Technical Education Safety
				Health Plan shall be aligned to the self-inspection checklists contained in the
				New Jersey Safe Schools Manual for career and technical education. The
				self-inspection checklists were developed by the Environmental and Occupational
				Health Sciences Institute for this purpose, and are based upon statutes,
				regulations, and hazardous orders impacting career and technical education,
				cooperative education experiences, and apprenticeship training promulgated by
				the State Department Labor and Workforce Development, among others, and Federal
				agencies such as the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health
				Administration, among others. The self-inspection checklists may be downloaded
				from the Department's website. A copy of the Career and Technical Education
				Safety and Health Plan, indicating the district board of education, the agency,
				or institution's adoption and approval, shall be retained on file by the agency
				or institution and made available, upon request, to the Department.
(b) As changes are made to the school
				district's safety and health program, the Career and Technical Education Safety
				and Health Plan shall be updated to reflect the changes. The plan shall be
				readopted by the district board of education every five years from the date of
				the plan's initial approval by the district board of education.
(c) Each district board of education and
				other institution or agency operating a career and technical education program,
				or program of study in a hazardous occupation shall designate a person or
				persons who shall oversee updating and implementation of the approved Career
				and Technical Education Safety Health Plan.
(d) The Career and Technical Education Safety
				and Health Plan shall contain, as a minimum, the following:
1. A statement of the general policies for
				the safe and healthy operation of all career and technical education programs,
				programs of study, cooperative education experiences, and apprenticeship
				training in hazardous occupations;
2. The individuals and/or groups responsible
				for implementing the Career and Technical Education Safety and Health
				Plan;
3. District board of
				education objectives for the Career and Technical Education Safety and Health
				Plan;
4. The procedures required
				for conducting a safety and health hazard analysis for each career and
				technical education program, program of study, cooperative education
				experience, and apprenticeship training in a hazardous occupation in operation,
				pursuant to the requirements of the State and Federal departments and agencies
				identified in
				6A:16-6.4(a).
				Guidance for developing these procedures is contained in the New Jersey Safe
				Schools Manual for career and technical education. Procedures should include,
				but are not limited to:
i. Periodic
				inspections and maintenance of facilities, tools, machines, equipment, personal
				protective devices, and hazardous substances, and for the elimination of
				potential or identified hazards; and
ii. Specific statements of practices and
				precautions required for safe and healthy operation within each
				program;
5. Emergency
				procedures to be followed in the event of an injury, illness, hazardous spill,
				fire, or other emergency situation involving a student, teacher, or any other
				individual in the career and technical education classroom;
6. Methods to be used to ensure that all
				students participating in career and technical education programs, programs of
				study, cooperative education experiences, and apprenticeship training in
				hazardous occupations are provided safety and health education and training.
				Such education and training shall include, but not be limited to, the
				following:
i. Hazards and hazardous
				equipment, supplies, and materials associated with the career and technical
				education program, program of study, cooperative education experience, or
				apprenticeship training, including methods for incorporating the results of
				hazard analysis;
ii. Safe practices
				and precautions to be used to prevent injury and illness; and
iii. Procedures and methods to be used to
				document and assess students' knowledge of safety and health practices and
				procedures;
7. A system,
				which may include disciplinary action, to ensure that students comply with safe
				and healthy practices;
8.
				Procedures to ensure that all new career and technical education staff and
				students receive appropriate initial safety and health program training prior
				to working or participating in any career and technical education program,
				program of study, cooperative education experience, or apprenticeship training
				in a hazardous occupation; and
9.
				Procedures required for the investigation of all reportable incidents under
				6A:19-6.5, Reporting requirements,
				and for implementation of a corrective action plan.