LAC 28:CXXXIII.301. Overview

A. The key to preventing harm to school employees, students, and the environment is to establish a good occupational safety, health, and environmental program. B. A good program may take years to put in place, but the guidelines below are a good place to begin. Start with individual items or parts of items. The guidelines are divided into five sections: 1. identify and prioritize potential hazards; 2. eliminate, prevent, and control hazards; 3. train employees, students, and management; 4. assure management commitment; 5. assure employee and student involvement: a. the occupational safety, health, and environmental safety program should be tailored to the needs of the school, department, or school system. Small schools with limited resources may form safety and health cooperatives with other schools to help manage all or parts of their programs.