{"id":219,"date":"2018-11-19T14:52:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T22:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:08:03","slug":"staff-responsibilities","status":"private","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/staff-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Private: Staff Responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-1542667466698\" class=\"row single h1-header gutter pad-top\">\n<div class=\"column one \">\n<h3>Responsibilities of a Staff Member<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1542667521369\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div class=\"column one \">\n<p>The University recognizes the valuable role laboratory staff play in implementing WSU procedure and accident prevention.&nbsp; As such their are expectations to help ensure your properly prepared to follow through with this.<\/p>\n<p>Responsibilities include;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Familiarity with campus environmental health and safety policies and programs addressing potential hazards.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ehs.wsu.edu\/laboratory-safety-manual\/\">WSU Safety Manual<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/1-00-contents\/1-10-introduction-safety-policies-procedures-manual\/\">WSU Safety Policies and Procedures Manual<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Training and informing students and employees of safety procedures.<\/li>\n<li>Develops a positive environment and attitude toward accident prevention.<\/li>\n<li>Identify and correct hazards and improper work practices.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure all students and employees are using personal protective equipment (PPE) properly.<\/li>\n<li>Inform employees and students of location and operation of safety devices\/ emergency equipment (i.e. showers, eye washes, ect.)<\/li>\n<li>Instruct students and employees of the procedures on reporting accidents, incidents, and injuries.<\/li>\n<li>Promptly investigate and report all accidents and incidents using the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihr.hrs.wsu.edu\/forms\/incident_report.aspx\">Incident Report Form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>When questions and concerns arise, answer them or forward them to the proper department for assistance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3>Responsibilities of a Staff Member<\/h3>\n<p>The University recognizes the valuable role laboratory staff play in implementing WSU procedure and accident prevention.&nbsp; As such their are expectations to help ensure your properly prepared to follow through with this.<\/p>\n<p>Responsibilities include;<\/p>\n<p> Familiarity with campus environmental health and safety policies and programs addressing potential hazards.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ehs.wsu.edu\/laboratory-safety-manual\/\">WSU Safety Manual<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/1-00-contents\/1-10-introduction-safety-policies-procedures-manual\/\">WSU Safety Policies and Procedures Manual<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Training and informing students and employees of safety procedures.<br \/> Develops a positive environment and attitude toward accident prevention.<br \/> Identify and correct hazards and improper work practices.<br \/> Ensure all students and employees are using personal protective &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/staff-responsibilities\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}