1. Health & Safety Regulations –
How Do They Impact Schools?
An overview of health and safety
regulations, guidelines and practices that
help to protect school building occupants.
December 8, 2010

2. Health & Safety Regulations
Affecting School Districts
1
Regulations 20. Lead in Paint 2
21. Lead (Renovator)
22. Lockout-Tagout
1. Air Quality - Indoor
23. Medical Waste – Regulated
2. Americans with Disabilities Act
24. Occupational Illness & Injury
3. Asbestos
25. Personal Protective Equipment
4. Automated External Defibrillators
26. Pesticide Application
(AEDs)
27. Pesticide Application (Notification)
5. Bloodborne Pathogens (Exposure)
28. Pesticide Application (Athletic Fields
6. Bloodborne Pathogens (Vaccination)
& Playgrounds)
7. Bulk Storage Tanks
29. Playground Safety
8. Confined Spaces – Permit Required
30. Respiratory Protection
9. Drug and Alcohol Testing
31. School Building Safety (RESCUE )
10. Electrically Operated Partitions
32. School Safety and Violence Prevention
11. Emergency Planning
(SAVE Act)
12. Emergency Planning – Bomb Threats
33. Science Laboratories
13. Employee Right-To-Know
34. Security Guard Act
14. Fall Protection
35. Tobacco Use
15. Fire Safety
36. Water Quality – Drinking
16. Fire Safety – Fire Drills
37. Workplace Safety and Loss
17. Green Cleaning
Prevention Program
18. Hazardous Waste
19. Hearing Conservation September 2010
Volume 12
Nassau BOCES Health & Safety Training and Information Service
September 2010 – Volume 12

3. Agenda
• Safety Teams
• Emergency Preparedness
• Green Cleaning
• Indoor Air Quality
• Right-To-Know (HAZCOM)
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Bloodborne Pathogens & (MRSA)
• Pesticide Application/Notification

4. Safety Teams
• RESCUE
– Cross-section of school community
– Assist in investigation and disposition
of health and safety related
complaints
• SAVE
– Specific representation
– District-wide & Building-level

5. Emergency Preparedness
• Emergency Plans
• Exercising Emergency Plans
• Incident Command & NIMS
• Evacuation & Sheltering
• Working with Local Authorities
• Building Security - Audits

6. Green Cleaning
• History
• Defining Green Products
• Office of General Services (OGS)
• Current OGS Guidelines
• Existing Products
• Does it do the Job?

7. Indoor Air Quality
• EPA Tools for Schools
• Complaints
• Investigation
• Testing
• Consultants
• Response

8. Right-To-Know (HAZCOM)
• Chemical Safety
• Information requests
• MSDS
• Written Plan
• Training

9. Personal Protective Equipment
• Hazard Assessment
• PPE selection and maintenance
• Training
• Documentation

10. Bloodborne Pathogens & MRSA
• Exposure Control Plan
• Occupational Exposure Risk
• Vaccination Protection
• Universal Precautions
• Training
• Exposure Incident Response
• MRSA

11. Pesticide Application/Notification
• Who Can Apply Pesticides?
• Exempt Products
• 72 Hour Exemption
• Notifications
• Training
• Documentation

12. Thank You!
Peter La Duca, Executive Manager
Nassau BOCES
Health & Safety
Training and Information Service
516-396-2387
pladuca@mail.nasboces.org