Procedure No.: 44.118 Page No.: 1,2 and 3 of 3 Date Issued: 02/95 Issued By: Gary North
The department chairs are responsible to the Dean for the implementation of applicable regulations in their departments and are responsible for the occupational health and safety of employees within their departments.
Supervisors are responsible for arranging that employees are appropriately trained, implementing applicable PERRP regulations, and are responsible for the occupational health and safety of employees which are under their direction.
The Department of Environmental Health and Safety is responsible for development of University Health and Safety Policy, general occupational health and safety training, assessment of occupational hazards, program auditing, interfacing with PERRP officials, and provision of support to the university in all phases of the university's compliance effort.
The employees of Ohio University have the responsibility to comply with the policies and programs of the University and the requirements of PERRP regulations. Officers and employees of Ohio University will be indemnified and insured in accordance with Ohio law for the good faith performance of their responsibility under PERRP.
If a department wishes to voluntarily request a PERRP inspection, the department shall first discuss the request with the EHS Department. No individual employee may request a PERRP on site inspection on behalf of the Ohio University without permission of their supervisor and the EHS Department.
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Dick Piccard revised this file (https://www.ohio.edu/policy/44-118.html) on March 23, 2016.
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