SECTION III - NOTES FOR NEW APPOINTEES

1. Accidents and Safety

All accidents involving personal injury, which occur on the University campus, must be reported as soon as possible by completing the form "Report of Accident or Industrial Disease" and sending it to the Human Resources Office. The Human Resources Office will then forward theform to the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission as required by law.

There are Health and Safety Committees on campus. Their responsibilities are dictated by the Occupational Health and Safety Act of New Brunswick. The Act requires the University to ensure the health and safety of its employees, comply with the Act and ensure that employees comply with the Act. It also requires the University to maintain its equipment, advise employees of hazards, provide training and supervision, provide protective equipment and cooperate with the Health and Safety Committee.

These Committees must consist of such number of persons as is agreed between the University and its employees. There must be equal representation from the employer and the employees witheach designating its own representatives. The powers of these Committees are to recommend policies, identify hazards, warn employees of hazards, promote health and safety programs, receive complaints from employees and make recommendations to the University on those complaints, participate in inspections and investigations concerning the health and safety of employees, and perform certain other duties that are listed in the Act or its regulations or assigned to the Committees either by the Commission or by agreement between the University and its employees. At this time the University has three health and safety committees. One covers the Facilities Management area, the second covers the laboratories on campus, and the third deals with these issues on behalf of all other University employees.

Reporting procedure will vary from building to building but the following are general guidelines which must be followed by all employees: all accidents which occur on campus must be reported to Human Resources. After the emergency has been dealt with appropriately, a safety report should be completed as soon as possible and copies sent to Human Resources and the Health and Safety Committee. The office reporting the incident should also maintain a copy of the report. Copies of the safety report are available from Human Resources.

The Security Office is part of Facilities Management and can be reached by calling 2251 during the day and 2228 during the hours of 6:00 pm to 2:00 am Sunday to Wednesday and 7:00 pm to3:00 am Thursday to Saturday. For emergency repairs or problems with buildings or facilities at night, call 2452.