Hazard Guidelines

Departmental "Safety Coordinators"

Contact: Jon Lillemoen
Phone: (734) 763-6973
E-mail: jlillemo@umich.edu
Date of last revision: 7/12/2010

Description

In order for the Department of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health to provide adequate services and establish effective relationships with departments, reliable points-of-contact or "coordinators" must be maintained. The primary point-of-contact, by default, is the Dean, Director, or Department Head; however, coordination of safety, health and environmental information is typically delegated to one or more coordinators within an operating unit.

This Guideline applies to all academic and service units at the University of Michigan.

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Summary
Scope
Related Documents
Definitions
Responsibility
        Deans, Directors, Department Heads
        Safety Coordinator
        OSEH

Procedures

Summary
In order for the Department of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health to provide adequate services and establish effective relationships with departments, reliable points-of-contact or "coordinators" must be maintained. The primary point-of-contact, by default, is the Dean, Director, or Department Head; however, coordination of safety, health and environmental information is typically delegated to one or more coordinators within an operating unit.

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Scope
This Guideline applies to all academic and service units at the University of Michigan.

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Related Documents
College of Engineering Safety Committee (COESAFE) and Departmental Committees

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Definitions
Safety Coordinator - the appointed departmental contact for safety, health, and environmental issues concerning OSEH.

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Responsibility
Deans, Directors, Department Heads

  • Choose one or more Safety Coordinators to be the liaison between OSEH and the department.
  • Notify OSEH who the contact will be and provide their work address and phone number.
  • Notify OSEH if the Safety Coordinator person(s) changes.
  • Actively support this Guideline within individual units.
  • Ensure an environment where principal investigators/supervisors and other personnel are encouraged to follow this Guideline.

Safety Coordinator

  • Disseminate all safety, health, and environmental information from OSEH to personnel in the department.
  • Post OSEH Bulletin in a conspicuous location.
  • Coordinate utility shutdowns with OSEH, Plant, and the department.
  • Inform employees of changes to safety, health, and environmental related practices.
  • Notify OSEH of known or potential safety hazards, exposures, accidents, injuries, illnesses, spills, releases, or other regulatory and environmental issues.
  • Attend OSEH Safety Coordinator meetings.
  • Assist in the scheduling of OSEH services for the department.
  • Notify OSEH when new PIs are setting up a new laboratory.

OSEH

  • Review and revise the Departmental "Safety Coordinators" Guideline.
  • Update the list of Safety Coordinators periodically.
  • Hold an annual Safety Coordinator meeting.

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Procedures
Deans, Directors and Department Heads will designate a Safety Coordinator to be the liaison between OSEH and the department. The Safety Coordinator should be chosen based on their ability to transfer information quickly and efficiently from OSEH to the rest of the department. The Safety Coordinator should have access to the Deans, Directors and Department Heads if necessary on important safety and environmental issues. The unit will then provide OSEH with the name of the Safety Coordinator.

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