National Safety Month
Every year, the National Safety Council designates June as National Safety Month to raise awareness about safety and promote safer behaviors and practices in the workplace, on the road, and in homes and communities. This year, each week of June spotlights a different safety topic on the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths:
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Week 1: Continuous Improvement
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Week 2: Employee Engagement
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Week 3: Roadway Safety
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Week 4: Well-being
Here are details about the different topics covered each week, with valuable information and resources to improve your safety awareness, assess your knowledge, and highlight the significance of safety, not just in the workplace but also in our daily lives.
The Environmental Health and Safety Department is committed to providing quality services to the university campus community while supporting the collective effort to provide a safe environment in which to work, teach, and learn.
We are dedicated to assisting in the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of physical and health hazards in the Indiana University of Pennsylvania educational and work environment.
- Minimize health and safety risks to university employees, students, and the general public
- Encourage appropriate environment, health, and safety practices
- Monitor compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations
- Minimize liability to the university
- Investigate accidents and incidents
- Instill safe work practices
University Environmental Health and Safety Policy Statement
University employees can opt in to receive text alerts in the case of an emergency through the Emergency Notification System.
Recycling
IUP recycling guidelines: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies
Because the Northpointe campus is approximately 35 miles from a nuclear power plant, the university must be prepared to deal with a release of nuclear material into the environment.
Material Data Safety Sheet Resources
Information on Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDSs) used to convey hazard information
Fire Prevention
Fire safety and prevention on the IUP campus
EHS Confined Space Entry Permit Form
This permit is to be kept at the job site. Copies are available to the Safety Office, Unit Supervisor, and Unit Manager after job completion.
Confined Space Emergency Rescue Procedure
The procedure is designed to safely remove injured employees from a confined space with little or no risk to other employees
Anthrax or Suspected Biological Incident
What to do and whom to contact.
Accident Prevention Training
The university provides various types of training to address workplace safety and environmental hazards.
Accident Investigation
The Office of Environmental Health and Safety conducts investigations in response to all accidents, regardless of whether the accident is lost time or non-lost time.
Accident and Illness Prevention Program
The Accident and Illness Prevention Program is designed to identify and correct potential accidents and unsafe acts that may take place on our campus.
University Emergency Operations Plan - Emergency Management at IUP
Emergency Management and Public Safety have provided information regarding what to do in an emergency.