ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK

COMMUNITY COLLEGES OF SPOKANE

SECTION I:  INTRODUCTION

SAFETY STATEMENT

The personal safety and health of employees, students, and visitors are of primary importance to Community Colleges of Spokane (CCS).  As a Washington employer, it is our responsibility to comply with the standards and systems of education for safety prescribed by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries or by statute.

It is our belief that, while risks exist:

accidents and injuries are preventable;

each of us has a personal responsibility for our safety and the safety of others both on and off the job;

no educational or business objective is so important that it will be pursued at the sacrifice of safety;

a job is well-done only if it is done safely.

As an educational institution, it is our privilege and responsibility to ensure that safety is both taught and practiced at CCS.

As a total college community it is the responsibility of each of us to cooperate with one another to achieve a productive implementation of the objectives of the CCS environmental health and safety program.

It is our commitment that the environmental health and safety program be an integral component in the daily operation of this district.