Environmental Health and Safety

Index

Introduction Statement

• General Information
• Policy
• Voluntary Compliance
• Assistance
• Organizational Structure
• Policy Advisory Committees

Policy Statements

1. Eye and Face Protection
   • General
     • Required for Students and Instructors
     • Required for Visitors
     • Required for Employees
   • Rules for Wearing Eye Protection
     • Laboratory Rules
     • Rules for Shops
     • Rules for Maintenance and Construction
   • Standards and Types of Equipment
     • Equipment Standards
     • Selection of Appropriate Devices Based on Hazard
     • Side Shields
     • Splash Goggles
     • Selection Based on Frequency of Use - Dust Goggles
     • Safety Spectacles
     • Prescription Safety Spectacles
     • Photogray Lenses
     • Contact Lenses
     • Face Shields
   • Cost, Care, and Reclamation
     • Providing Protection
     • Eye Examinations
     • Return of Protective Devices
     • Replacement of Damaged Devices
     • Replacing Lost Devices
     • Disinfection Before Reissuance
   • Eye Contamination
     • Eye Wash Facilities
     • First Aid Chemical Burns

2. Foot Protection
   • Employees
   • Students
   • Safety Shoes
   • When Required
   • Ankle Protection
   • Wet Locations
   • New Employees
   • Enforcement
   • Standards
   • Reimbursement

3. Storage and Use of Flammable and Combustible Liquids
   • Standards
   • Storage
   • Handling
   • Reference

4. Compressed Gases Transportation and Handling
   • Standards
   • Transporting and Handling

5. Compressed Gases - Uses and Storage
   • Standards
   • Support Required
   • Valve Protective Cover
   • Upright
   • Movement of Cylinders
   • Toxic and Poisonous Gases
   • Adapters
   • Caution
   • More Information

6. Portable Fire Extinguishers
   • General
   • Maintenance
   • Inspections
   • New Buildings
   • Renovations
   • New Installations and Relocations
   • Extinguisher Loss Due to Damage or Theft
   • Purchase of Fire Extinguishers

7. Animals on Campus
   • Purpose
   • Application
   • Vaccinations
   • Buildings
   • Campus
   • Impoundment

8. Entrance, Exits, and Hallways
   • General
   • Standards
   • Hallways
   • Stairwells and Landings
   • Removal Procedures
   • Doors
   • Railings, Steps, Walks
   • Bicycles

9. Reporting Fires
   • Definition
   • Reporting Fires
   • Campus Police
   • Environmental Health and Safety
   • Departmental Reporting Responsibility
   • Follow-up Investigation/Insurance Estimates
   • Departmental Follow-up
   • Emergency Equipment

10. Reporting Accidents and Occupational Illnesses
    • Personal Injuries
      • Reporting Accidents
      • When to Report
    • Employee Personal Injuries
      • Reporting Personal Injuries
      • Employee's Responsibility
      • Supervisor's Responsibility
      • East Carolina University Employee Report
      • More than Seven Days Lost Work-Time
    • Fires
      • Property Damage - Fire
    • State Vehicles
      • Automobile Accidents

11. Workers' Compensation Benefits
    • General
    • Eligibility
    • Medical Benefits
    • Workers' Compensation Benefits
    • Waiting Periods
    • Additional Information
    • Lost Worktime Seven Days or Less
      • Limitations Based on Length of Disability
    • Workers' Compensation Coverage
      • Use of Leave Options
      • Continuation of Benefits
    • Worker's Compensation Leave - Effects
      • Effect of Workers' Compensation Leave on Benefits
      • Sick Leave and Annual Leave
      • Credit Union

12. Request for Special Safety Investigations
    • General
    • Environmental Health and Safety
    • Employees Rights
    • Confidentiality
    • Notification of Findings
    • Results of Special Investigations
    • Conditions That Should Be Reported

13. Disposal of Wastes to the Sanitary Sewer
    • General
    • No Release
    • Traces Only
    • Water and Lead or Copper-Free Pipes
    • Interaction
    • Waste Pick-up

14. Use of Chemical Carcinogens
    • General
    • Control Practices
    • Applicability
    • Environmental Health and Safety Office
    • Principal Investigator
    • Safety Plan
    • Grant Application
    • Accidental Exposures

15. Respiratory Protection
    • OSHA Requirements
    • Engineering Controls
    • Safety Plan
    • Classification of Respiratory Hazards and Respirators
    • Selection of Respirators
    • Standby Assistance
    • Training
    • Cleaning
    • Storage
    • Inspection
    • Medical Surveillance
    • Evaluation

16. Hazardous Waste
    • General
    • Regulations
    • Definitions
    • References

17. Hazardous Communications Standard/Right-to-Know
    • General
    • MSDS
    • Training
    • Assistance
    • Right-to-Know Act

18. Radiation and Biosafety

19. Chemical Hygiene Plan
    • OSHA Laboratory Standard
    • Training
    • Medical Consultation/Evaluation
    • Additional Information

20. Lockout/Tagout Program
    • OSHA Requirement
    • Training
    • Application
    • Procedures
    • Periodic Inspection
    • Special Consideration
    • Lockout/Tagout Devices
    • Additional Information

21. Asbestos Operations and Maintenance
    • General
    • Recognition
    • Renovations
    • Small Scale, Short Duration Projects

Procedure Statements

1. Selection of Eye and Face Protection Equipment

2. Obtaining Fitted Safety Spectacles
   • Procedure Reference
   • Procedure Steps

3. Safety Procedures for Public Assemblies
   • General
   • Fire Drill Planning
   • Open Flame Devices
   • Special Food Service Devices
   • Smoking
   • Flammable Liquids
   • Decorations and Stage Scenery
   • Seating
   • Maintenance of Exitways