{"id":21732,"date":"2016-10-18T15:53:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T22:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/?page_id=21732"},"modified":"2025-07-11T08:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:14:40","slug":"sppm-2-52","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/safety-policies-procedures-manual\/sppm-2-52\/","title":{"rendered":"2.52 Hazard Notification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">Safety Policies and Procedures Manual<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hazard Notification<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><strong>SPPM 2.52<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact:<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0Environmental Health and Safety<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0509-335-3041<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Form:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/documents\/2017\/10\/2-52-hazard-notification-form.pdf\">Hazard Notification<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\">\n<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li><a href=\"#One_0\">1.0\u00a0 \u00a0Reporting Hazards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Two_0\">2.0\u00a0 \u00a0Hazard Corrective Action<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Three_0\">3.0\u00a0 \u00a0Reporting Hazards Caused by Contractors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>1.0\u00a0 Reporting Hazards<a name=\"One_0\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>University personnel observing serious safety concerns affecting or potentially affecting University employees are to immediately contact their supervisor, the unit administrator, and\/or the campus Environmental Health and Safety (EHS):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WSU Everett Facilities and Emergency Management\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 425-315-4014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everett.wsu.edu\/facilities-requests\/\">WSUE Facilities Requests<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>WSU Pullman EHS\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 509-335-3041<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ehs.wsu.edu\/contact-information\/\">WSUP EHS Contact Us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>WSU Spokane EHS\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 509-335-9564<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/ehs\/\">WSUS EHS<\/a>\n<p>WSU Spokane EHS also provides information and assistance to WSU Health Sciences\u2014Yakima (which includes College of Nursing\u2014Yakima and College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences\u2014Yakima).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>WSU Tri-Cities EHS\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 509-372-7163<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tricities.wsu.edu\/safety\/contact-us\/\">WSUTC EHS Contact Us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>WSU Vancouver EH&amp;S\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 360-546-9706<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.vancouver.wsu.edu\/facilities-services\">WSUV Facilities Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Personnel at WSU locations not listed above may contact WSU Pullman EHS for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>WSU employees must play an active role in creating a safe and healthy workplace and may refuse to perform dangerous tasks with inadequate hazard controls.<\/p>\n<p>Personnel are to report all safety hazards to the unit\u2019s administrator, safety committee, and campus EHS by telephone, e-mail, or using the applicable hazard notification\/reporting form. Urgent hazards not requiring an emergency response i.e. 911 must be reported by telephone. Reports must include the location and a description of the hazard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WSU Everett EHS\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 425-315-4014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/documents\/2017\/10\/2-52-hazard-notification-form.pdf\">Hazard Notification form<\/a> (send to campus Building and Grounds Supervisor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>WSU Pullman EHS\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 509-335-3041<\/li>\n<li>E-mail <a href=\"mailto:ehsweb@wsu.edu\">ehsweb@wsu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/documents\/2017\/10\/2-52-hazard-notification-form.pdf\">Hazard Notification form<\/a> (send to campus mail code 1172)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>WSU Spokane EHS\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 509-335-9564;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>E-mail <a href=\"mailto:ehsweb@wsu.edu\">ehsweb@wsu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/documents\/2017\/10\/2-52-hazard-notification-form.pdf\">Hazard Notification form<\/a> (e-mail)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>WSU Tri-Cities EHS\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 509-372-7163<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tricities.wsu.edu\/safety\/\">WSUTC EHS Safety<\/a> (online form is available in navigation menu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>WSU Vancouver EHS\n<ul>\n<li>Telephone 360-546-9706<\/li>\n<li>E-mail to <a href=\"mailto:van.plant@wsu.edu\">van.plant@wsu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/documents\/2017\/10\/2-52-hazard-notification-form.pdf\">Hazard Notification form<\/a> (e-mail)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The unit responsible to address the safety hazard completes the <strong>Corrective Action<\/strong> or <strong>Subsequent Action<\/strong> section of the applicable hazard reporting form.<\/p>\n<h3>2.0\u00a0 Hazard Corrective or Subsequent Action<\/h3>\n<p>The appropriate unit develops and implements corrective or subsequent action to address the hazard. The unit documents the corrective action on the applicable hazard notification form.<\/p>\n<h3>3.0\u00a0 Reporting Hazards Caused by Contractors<\/h3>\n<p>If University personnel observe serious hazards to University employees created by building or construction contractors, the personnel are to report the hazards to the applicable campus EHS. See <a href=\"#One_0\">Section 1<\/a> for reporting contacts.<\/p>\n<p>The campus EHS coordinates with the campus Facilities Services to communicate the safety concern to the contractor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: .8rem\">_______________________<br \/><strong>Revisions:<\/strong>\u00a0 Jan. 2024 (Rev. <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/revisions\/sppm-revisions\/sppm-revision-141\/\">141<\/a>); Reviewed July 2013; Jan. 2009 (Rev. 78).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safety Policies and Procedures Manual Hazard Notification<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1061,"featured_media":0,"parent":21864,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21732"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67322,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21732\/revisions\/67322"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=21732"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=21732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}