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Integrated Safety Plan (ISP)
Promoting a Culture of Safety

Executive Memorandum C-36, the Revised Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Policy, appoints the Vice President for Physical Facilities as the Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Officer (OSHA Officer) for Purdue University.  C-36 requires Purdue faculty, staff, and students to comply with all applicable environmental health and safety (EHS) laws, policies, procedures, and instructions.  The OSHA Compliance Officer is responsible for and authorized to develop and implement EHS programs and coordinate and monitor compliance.

With the concurrence of the Vice President for Research, the University OSHA Officer is also authorized to certify a safety program.  The Integrated Safety Plan (ISP) is the safety program developed to provide a structure for Vice Presidents, Chancellors, Deans, Directors, and Heads of Schools, Divisions, Departments, and Offices to cooperate with the University OSHA Officer.  The ISP assists in communication of EHS issues across the organization and calls for departmental level safety committees, and individual self-audits.  The ISP provides indemnification from regulatory fines for units with a certified safety program.  Radiological and Environmental Management (REM) acts as an agent of the OSHA Compliance Officer to certify a safety program.

Implementing the Integrated Safety Plan in your department begins with a safety committee that serves as a source of safety information for staff and requires the support of directors, deans, and administrators.  Committees should meet regularly to provide an opportunity for self-evaluation as well as time to discuss emerging safety issues and accident trends.  REM staff are available to help facilitate these meetings if needed.  REM will also assist with the hazard assessment, review Integrated Safety Plan Self Audit Checklists, monitor regulatory compliance, and provide other EHS services.

Measures used to determine success are based on criteria that include the formation or expansion of a departmental safety committee that consistently communicates EHS information in a timely fashion.  The desired outcomes of the ISP are:

1. Integrate environmental health and safety into the learning, discovery, and engagement mission at Purdue
2. Ensure individual accountability
3. Assure a proactive system is in place to address environmental health and safety issues
4. Improve the level and consistency of regulatory compliance, campus wide
5. Reduce Purdue employees injury rates through effective and timely communication and training

REM will evaluate the ISP process and results on a continuing basis and adjust the implementation plan as needed.  REM will use the feedback received from departments, shared information, and accident and injury statistics as a measure of the success in achieving the desired outcomes of the ISP.  REM will work with departments to develop criteria that best meet the shared goals of university compliance and departmental needs.  To set up a safety committee, contact REM to schedule a meeting where a REM representative can review the requirements of the ISP and assist in developing or expanding your safety committee to encompass the ISP.

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