NewEmployeeEnvironmentalHealth&SafetyOrientationTrainingMoreheadStateUniversityOfficeofEnvironmentalHealth&Safetywww.moreheadstate.edu/ehs(606)783-2179Email:ehs@moreheadstate.eduLatestRevision2018Safety&HealthatMSUMoreheadStateUniversityiscommittedtoprovidingasafeandhealthyworkingenvironmentforallmembersofthecampuscommunity.AllUniversityactivitiesaretobeconductedinamannerthatensurestheprotectionofstudents,faculty,staff,visitors,property,andtheenvironment.Safety&HealthatMSUAllemployeesmustworktogetherasateamtoensureasafeenvironmentforeveryone.Eachpersonhasaresponsibilitytoensuresafetyinourworkplaceandforourstudentsandvisitors.PleasereadourEnvironmentalHealth,Safety&ResponsibilityPolicyandunderstandthesafetydutiesexpectedinyourpositionhereatMSU.WorkplaceSafetyTrainingPolicyItisthepolicyoftheUniversitythatallfaculty,staff,students,volunteersandvisitorswhoperformworkattheUniversity,receiveappropriatetrainingnecessarytoprotecttheirhealthandperformworkinasafeandenvironmentallysoundmanner.Trainingmustincludeinformationregardingjobhazards,possiblehealtheffects,andrequiredworkpracticesandprocedures.StudentswhoareemployedbytheUniversityarealsorequiredtoreceivesafetytrainingfromtheirsupervisorthatisapplicabletotheirjobs.Facultyareresponsibleforstudentsafetytrainingpriortoanyacademically-relatedactivitythathasapotentialforasafetyconcerni.e.,laboratorywork,fieldtrip,internship,fieldstudy,etc.WorkplaceSafetyTrainingPolicy•TheMSUWorkplaceTrainingPolicyoutlinestheresponsibilitiesofdepartments,supervisors,employeesandstudentworkers.•TheMSUOccupationalTrainingRequirementsisaguidingmatrixthathelpsidentifythesafetytrainingthatisrequiredfortheemployeesspecificjobtasks.Itisimportantthatallsafetytrainingbecompletedbeforeworkingwithanychemicalsordoinganytasksinwhichtheemployeecouldbecomehurtwithoutpropertraining.Youshouldreviewtheoccupationaltrainingrequirementswithyoursupervisortodeterminewhichtopicsyoumusthavetraininginbeforeperformingyourassignedwork.WorkplaceSafetyTrainingPolicy•OnlinetrainingsubjectsarecontinuallyaddedandupdatedontheOfficeofEnvironmentalHealth&Safetywebpage.•Inpersontrainingisconductedperiodicallyuponrequestorasneeded.ToarrangeinpersontrainingforyourdepartmentcontactEnvironmentalHealth&Safetypersonnelforschedulingat606-783-2584.Safetytrainingisrequired:1.Forallnewemployees,2.Whennewequipment,procedures,orprocesseshavebeenintroduced,3.Whenemployeesafetyperformanceneedsimprovement,4.Asstateandfederallawsrequire.ReportingWorkplaceInjuries•MoreheadStateUniversityiscommittedtomakingtheworkplaceasafeandhealthyenvironment,topreventingon-the-jobaccidents,andtothetreatment,careandrehabilitationofemployeesinjuredonthejob.InaccordancewithStateworkers'compensationlaw,theUniversityparticipatesinafullyinsuredplanforwork-relatedaccidentswhichisadministeredbyKentuckyEmployers'MutualInsurance(KEMI).•Everyemployeehastheresponsibilitytopreventaccidentsandinjuriesbyobservingestablishedworkingrules,byfollowingthedirectionofsupervisors,bypracticingtheprinciplestaughtinsafetytraining,andbyprovidingideasonhowoursafetyeffortsmightbefurtherstrengthened.BothMSUanditsemployeeshavetheresponsibilitytocomplywithallfederal,stateanduniversityregulationsrelatedtosafetyandhealthprograms.•ItistheintentofMSUtoprovideasafeenvironmentforemployees.Itisalsoourintenttoproperlymanageanyincidentsthatoccursoa...