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SOU community: See the Most Current Building Air Quality Listing Here.

Environmental Health, Safety and Risk: Mission Statement

Environmental Health, Safety and Risk is dedicated to ensuring a safety for employees, students, visitors and the environment. Promoting a safe environment through the dissemination of knowledge. Conducting environmental testing, safety inspections and coordinating contractors to perform specialized inspections of equipment.

TRAININGS: Are now in the "Moodle" program. Although some trainings do require classroom sections and are given as needed, contact Southern Oregon University Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Manager for further information.Environmental Health and Safety, Risk Management and Benefits (Workers Comp.) appreciates your ideas and input. Please let us know if you spot any safety improvement opportunities.

If you have a environmental health or safety concern use the safety concern form or send an email to ehs@sou.edu or contact Russell Deen at 541-552-8624.

Heat Safety App:

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/15795-niosh-osha-update-heat-safety-app-for-outdoor-workers

Forms

Building Manager Inspection Checklist: Building Manager Checklist

If you having an on campus event, these are the forms to be completed and submitted. Forms must be submitted before the event is permitted.

Risk Management & SOU Insurance Coverage

OUS Event Detail Form

Certificate of Insurance request

Is your event off campus, but is hosted by SOU?

Are you traveling out of the country?

for business?

not for business?

Blood Borne Pathogens:

Hepatitis B vaccine form: Hepatitis B form

Hepatitis B declination form: Hepatitis B declination

Incident Report Forms:

Personnel Incident Form

Equipment Incident Form

Open

Injury reporting

Incident Reporting Property damage:

Incident Insurance Property Report Form

Witness Incident Property Insurance Reporting Form

A student that is not working for Southern Oregon University when the injury occured needs to file a Risk Management claim (see below)?

Student injury:

Student Injury Form

Reporting an injury for an employee: All injuries are to be reported within 24 hours of occurrence. Below are the 2 forms which need to be completed and sent to the Benefits Office/Human Resources.

Employee privacy: While work related injuries do not have the same level of privacy protection, nonetheless Employee's personal information and any non-work related health issues must be protected. This is why work related injury information is to be sent to the Benefits Office.

Student employees: If a student is on-the-job, and suffers an injury, they are considered the same as an employee, and the same procedures are to be followed.

SUPERVISORS: If an Employee is hospitalized, this must be reported to the Benefits Specialist, or if they are not available, to the Environmental Health & Safety Manager as soon as possible. This must be reported to OSHA within a specified time frame.

Under no circumstances is an injured Employee to be transported by any other Employee. Call 911.

If an employee seeks medical treatment, they must have a doctors note before returning to work. That note is to be sent to the Benefits Office.

Treatment options: The injured Employee is able to seek treatment where they wish. However, SAIF may direct the Employee to a more appropriate medical provider if further care is needed. SOU has an arrangements with the Asante Occupational Medical Clinic in Medford for injured employees. Note: Unless it is an emergency, the Employee should check with their physician and make sure the physician will accept Workers Comp. claims. Not all physicians will do this.

Payments: Employees should not have any costs associated with treatment for a Workers Comp. injury or medications, unless SAIF denies the claim. Delays in reporting the injury and completing the paperwork can to Employees being billed for these services. If that happens, contact SAIF.

Forms:

First Report of Injury (SAIF 801): SAIF 801 form

Supervisor's First Report of Injury: Supervisor Incident Report Form

Work Related injury Procedure: Schematic

Contaminated Needle or Sharp Injury: Needle or Sharp Exposure Form

Contact Information:

Leaves Specialist Office at SOU: 541-552-8119

Benefits Office Fax: 541-552-8508

Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Manager: Russell Deen 541-552-8624