Every supervisor has at least the following responsibilities with regard to occupational health and safety:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1)\u00a0 Employee Training<\/strong>\u00a0– Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that each new employee, whether temporary or permanent, receives appropriate safety training at the start of employment. Supervisors of laboratory employees should use the\u00a0Laboratory Worker Safety Checklist<\/a>\u00a0as an outline for training new laboratory personnel.\u00a0\u00a0All other supervisors should use the\u00a0Training Guide<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0which will help determine which safety training\u00a0employees are required by federal or state codes to attend. It also provides basic information about the training and information on additional requirements (i.e. personal protective equipment). EHS can provide assistance in determining training requirements and providing training for employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2)\u00a0 Personal Protective Equipment<\/strong>\u00a0– OSHA requires that each supervisor assess the hazards of the work area to determine if the use of\u00a0personal protective equipment (PPE) is necessary, the type(s) of PPE required,\u00a0and to provide training on its use. This review must be documented. Completing the\u00a0Certification of Hazard Assessment Form<\/a>\u00a0meets this documentation requirement. The\u00a0Personal Protective Equipment Plan\u00a0includes detailed information to assist in selecting the proper protective equipment. EHS can provide assistance with completing hazard assessments and selecting appropriate PPE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3)\u00a0 Accident and Injury Reporting<\/strong>\u00a0– It is the supervisor’s responsibility to report all accidents or injuries that occur to their employees while at work. Each supervisor must ensure that any employee who is injured while at work completes and signs the Employee’s First Report of Injury Form, which is located on-line\u00a0through Human Resources in the\u00a0UMES Form Library<\/a>. \u00a0Additionally, the supervisor must receive the\u00a0form,\u00a0Accident Witness Statement\u00a0if the accident was witnessed by another person(s).\u00a0 All injury information must\u00a0be forwarded to Human Resources located in Bird Hall within 24 hours of occurrence of the injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every supervisor has at least the following responsibilities with regard to occupational health and safety: 1)\u00a0 Employee Training\u00a0– Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that each new employee, whether temporary or permanent, receives appropriate safety training at the start of employment. Supervisors of laboratory employees should use the\u00a0Laboratory Worker Safety Checklist\u00a0as an outline for training new laboratory…Read more Supervisor Safety Responsibilities<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1443","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}