Workplace Safety

Liberty University is committed to supporting the safety, health, and welfare of the campus community.

The University’s commitment to health and safety can be completely successful only when individual members of our campus community accept responsibility for their own personal safety and the safety of those around them by being aware of and following appropriate codes, regulations and procedures for injury prevention.

Please use the resource of our website to increase your personal awareness and minimize your risk for injury both on and off campus.

Important Workplace Safety Links

• Ergonomic Worksite Evaluation and Training
• Lockout-tagout
• Laboratory Safety
• Personal Safety and Security
• Contractor Handbook

The Office of Risk Management takes pride in serving the University community as a whole and strives to provide excellent service and cost effectiveness through incident and injury prevention. Every known incident is met with an eagerness to:

• understand the root of the problem
• facilitate the best possible medical treatment for the injured
• create a plan to minimize or eliminate the possibility of future incidents

This policy document will need to be supplemented with detailed information about the hazards present in its workplaces and the precautions necessary to control these hazards. These supplements may be in the form of:

• written procedures
• literature libraries
• video presentations
• group or individual training

The elimination or reduction of accident-related illness, injury, and property and environmental damage is a cooperative effort and an important one.

Only if safety is practiced by all can the University meet these obligations and provide a safe and healthy environment for members of this community. We look to all members of the University community to do their part in helping to meet this goal.

We have identified below the responsibility for health and safety at various levels within the University.  Listed are many of the health and safety programs that affect the University. Although some of the cited requirements do not affect all of the campus, everyone on the campus is affected by some of the requirements.

Liberty University places a high priority on the health and safety of its students, faculty, staff and environment. To that end:

The President

• Supports the University’s environmental health and safety programs

The Provosts & Deans

• Ensure that environmental health and safety obligations are carried out in the academic departments or administrative units for which they have responsibility

Vice-Presidents, Directors & Department Chairs

• Implement the University’s environmental health and safety programs within their departments and units

Supervisors

• Understand the range of environmental health and safety regulations and programs that apply to their work
• Ensure that good health and safety practices are followed by everyone in the workplaces they are responsible for

Employees, Students & Visitors

• Comply with applicable environmental health and safety laws and regulations, University policy, and accepted safe work practices

Office of Risk Management & Human Resources Safety Program Manager

• Collaborate with campus constituencies to:
  • attain compliance with relevant regulations
  • track environmental health and safety laws and regulations
  • manage programs that support health and safety efforts on campus