January 2, 2004—The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has developed a Safety Checklist Program to help school administrators, FMs, coordinators, and teachers to comply with Federal or State Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety, health, and environmental regulations even with little safety and health experience.
Many states mandate that career-technical schools and institutions have safety and health programs in place, conduct hazard analyses for each career-technical program, do safety inspections and maintenance, and comply with safety and health and environmental regulations, explains NIOSH. The Safety Checklist Program provides information needed to maintain safe classrooms, shops, and labs. This information can also be used by colleges and universities with occupational safety and health programs.
The program contains four chapters, shown below, as well as several appendices provided as references for additional information or help:
- Chapter 1: “Making Sense of Regulations”
- Chapter 2: “How to Establish an Effective Occupational Safety and Health and Environmental Safety Program”
- Chapter 3: “Implementing a Safety Checklist Program”
- Chapter 4: “Safety Checklists.”
NIOSH Publication No. 2004-101 October 2003, NIOSH Safety Checklist Program for Schools is available from the NIOSH Web site.
