Recommendations: Institution-Wide Dynamics and Resources

Recommendation 5. The campus lead and leadership team clearly articulate the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders.

National Research Council (2014). Safe Science: Actions for Environmental Health and Safety Staff. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Available at National Academies Press.
National Research Council (2014). Safe Science: Actions for University Senior Leaders. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Available at National Academies Press.
National Research Council (2014). Safe Science: Actions for Laboratory Researchers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Available at National Academies Press.
National Research Council (2014). Safe Science: Actions for Principal Investigators and Department Chairs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Available at National Academies Press.
National Research Council (2014). Safe Science: Actions for Deans and Vice Presidents for Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Available at National Academies Press.
OSHA’s Safety & Health Management System eTool.
Available at OSHA Management Leadership.
OSHA’s eTool provides guidance to management leadership (e.g. Presidential Leadership among other leaders must be engaged to create a true change in safety culture on campus.)
The Task Force on Laboratory Safety has provided suggested roles and responsibilities.

Responsibilities and Procedures.
Available at University of Texas.
Responsibilities.
Available at University of California, Berkeley.
Policies and Programs.
Available at North Carolina State University.
Policy 3-300.
Available at University of Utah.
The Report of the Task Force for Advancing the Culture of Laboratory at Stanford University provides guidance on suggested roles and responsibilities.
Available at Stanford University.
Administrative Safety and Health Policy
Available at Utah State University

From Creating Safety Cultures in Academic Institutions (ACS, 2012)
- Recommendation 1. Establish the lines of authority for safety; develop a safety policy that includes laboratory safety, and includes safety responsibilities in the job descriptions and performance plans of all employees.
From Creating a Safety Culture (OSHA, 1989)
- Define specific roles and responsibilities for safety and health at all levels of the organization. Safety and health must be viewed as everyone’s responsibility. How the organization is to deal with competing pressures and priorities (i.e., production, versus safety and health), needs to be clearly spelled out.