Health and Safety

Reason for Policy

The purpose of the Environmental Health & Safety policy is to formalize Adelphi University’s commitment to provide a safe and healthy environment for all students, faculty, staff and visitors of our campus community and to define a strategy for achieving and maintaining university-wide compliance with all environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations.

Who is Governed by this Policy

Faculty and Staff

Policy

Adelphi University is committed to maintaining the safest and healthiest environment possible for faculty, staff, students and visitors. Faculty, staff and students have an obligation to take all reasonable precautions to prevent foreseeable injury to themselves and other employees and students in the facilities of this institution, and to make safety a workplace priority. It is incumbent upon the University community to avoid unsafe acts while on the University campus or at other affiliated sites, and to avoid conditions resulting in the creation of environmental hazards.

Procedures

主管有责任为员工、学生和访客保持安全和健康的工作和教育环境。如果主管意识到任何安全或健康问题(如天花板瓷砖掉落、玻璃破碎、复印机墨粉溢出、桌腿骨折等)，他/她必须联系相关部门进行修理或清理。如果主管不确定应通知哪个区域，他/她应致电分机3242与环境健康与安全主任联系。

Additionally, if a supervisor is aware of an employee who is/has not followed the appropriate safety measures, or is not wearing the proper safety equipment, he/she must take action appropriate to the seriousness of the safety/health violation.

Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that employees they supervise receive the necessary health and safety training, as required by OSHA, and any other oversight body.

Definitions

This policy does not have definitions associated with it at this time. Upon periodic policy review this area will be evaluated to determine if additional information is needed to supplement the policy.

Forms

This policy does not have forms associated with it at this time. Upon periodic policy review this area will be evaluated to determine if additional information is needed to supplement the policy.

Related Information

This policy does not have related information at this time. Upon periodic policy review this area will be evaluated to determine if additional information is needed to supplement the policy.

Policy Owner