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This manual last reviewed: 1998 |
GENERAL
To achieve full compliance with the annual workplace inspection requirements of Section 1-8 and 1-9 of the Environment, Health and Safety Plan, inspections will be performed by one or more of the following: employees (self-inspection), Workplace Safety Environment Committee members, Environment, Health and Safety Office personnel, state and federal agency personnel, insurance underwriter personnel, or a combination of these.
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICE INSPECTION PRIORITIES
Fire Safety:
- Will inspect places of public assembly at least annually.
- Will inspect clinic areas according to JCAHO standards.
Industrial Hygiene:
- Will inspect containment laboratories at least annually.
- Will inspect chemical laboratories suspected of using hazardous materials which have not submitted a Laboratory Safety Plan.
Radiation Safety:
- Will inspect radioactive materials laboratories according to policy.
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SELF-INSPECTION PROGRAM
Each work unit is required to perform a self-inspection annually. The objectives of the self-inspection program are: (1) comply with the State Workplace Safety Program requirements, (2) educated, inform, and heighten awareness of employees regarding safety in their work environments. To accomplish these objectives, the following plan will be used:
Self-inspection checklists will be mailed to each Work Unit Supervisor, requesting that they work with their employees to complete a checklist for each room under their jurisdiction. Human Resource Facilitators will serve as Work Unit Supervisors for the Office Environment. Upon completion, the checklists will be returned to Heath and Safety Office for review, follow-up, and data entry. In addition to the basic checklist, an environment-specific questionnaire will be included. This questionnaire will request a personnel update and confirmation that training has been conducted. In addition, the following areas will be emphasized in the environment-specific questionnaire:
Laboratory Environment:
| Update of the hazardous materials inventory and location. |
Clinic Environment:
| Identification of specialized safety requirements related to JCAHO or other certification agencies. |
Industrial Environment:
| Identification of operations that have specific regulatory training requirements, e.g., confined space entry. |
Maintenance Environment:
| Identification of operations that have specific regulatory training requirements, e.g., lock-out, tag-out procedures. |
Support Services Environment:
| Identification of operations that have specific regularly training requirements, e.g., hazard communication standard, fork-lifts, DOT regulations. |
Office Environment:
| Ergonomics information questionnaire to identify work needing follow-up inspection. This questionnaire will be distributed to all employees who use video display terminals by the Human Resources Facilitator. |
SCHEDULE
The Industrial, Maintenance, and Support Services Self-Inspection checklists and environment-specific questionnaires will be mailed during the last week of July. The Laboratory and Clinic self-inspection checklists and environment-specific questionnaires will be mailed during the last week of August. The Office Environment self-inspection checklists and environment-specific questionnaires will be mailed on a staggered basis during September, October, November, and December. |
Chapter Two: Inspection Plan
