Responsibilities

REM
1.  Will serve as the Chemical Hygiene Officers
2.  Can establish health and safety work rules for work areas or departments
3.  May assign areas of responsibility to departments, department safety and health committees, supervisors, and other individuals, as necessary
4.  Program Oversight

Department Heads
1.  Implementing and maintaining the CHP in their respective work areas
2.  For providing means and motivations to allow all supervisors and employees to comply with occupational safety regulations.
3.  Department heads should select one or more individuals to serve as coordinators.

Laboratory Supervisors and PIs
1.  Ensure that workers know and follow the chemical hygiene rules
2.  Ensure that any necessary Hazard Assessments have been conducted and a written Hazard Assessment certification has been posted in each work area
3.  Ensure that that PPE and other protective equipment is available and in working order
4.  Ensure that that appropriate information and training have been provided, including all PPE training
5.  Ensure that facilities and training are at all times appropriate and adequate.
6.  Ensure that requests for information or action, from their safety committee or REM, are satisfied promptly
7.  Providing regular, formal chemical hygiene inspections of their facilities and equipment
8.  Knowing the current legal and University requirements concerning regulated substances
9.  Customizing their work area Chemical Hygiene Plan in any way necessary to provide for Standard Operating Procedures, Emergency Procedures, and circumstances and/or procedures and/or operations requiring prior approval of the supervisor, if the hazards of their employees' laboratory work are not sufficiently addressed by the non-customized CHP

Laboratory Worker
1.  Planning and conducting each operation in accordance with University chemical hygiene procedures
2.  Developing good personal chemical hygiene habits
3.  To participate in the appropriate training sessions
4.  Knowing the types of protective equipment available and using the proper type for each procedure
5.  Being alert to unsafe conditions and actions and calling attention to them so corrections can be made as soon as possible