Safety Policy

It is the policy of Eastern Oregon University Safety Committee to assist in protection, safety and health of Eastern’s employees and students. Injuries and property loss from accidents are needless, costly and preventable. The purpose of the safety committee is to bring workers and management together in a non-adversarial and cooperative effort to promote safety and health at EOU. The Safety Committee assists the University community and makes recommendations for change to help achieve that purpose.

 

 

All EOU employees, faculty, staff and students, are covered by workman’s compensation insurance if they are hurt or contract a work-related illness in the course of their employment at EOU.

 

If you, or one of your employees, are hurt in the course of your work at EOU notify your supervisor immediately. It is important to notify your supervisor even if the injury appears to be minor and does not require a doctor’s care. If the injury does not require treatment by a doctor, an accident form is filled out. If the injury requires treatment by a physician, a Workers’ Compensation Claim Form 801 must be completed. Building managers, supervisors, Safety/Security, and Human Resources have claim forms and instructions on the steps necessary to submit a claim form 801. All SAIF Forms can be accessed from the Human Resource Page or from the SAIF Form section on this site.

 

It is critical that a claim form be filled out as soon as possible after an injury occurs that requires medical treatment. Failure to initiate the claim form 801 in a timely manner may result in denial of benefits. Failure to provide clear and complete information on the claim form may result in a delay of benefits or cause incorrect benefits to be paid.

 

For more information contact Human Resources at 962-3033.

• Forms
  

 

Where to find Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

• General MSDS on the Web Index
• Avantor Performance Materials
• Sigma-Aldrich

• Federal OSHA Web Page
• Oregon OSHA Web Page
• EOU-OSHA form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illness
• Safety Committee Members
• Building Managers
• Safety Committee Minutes

 

Safety Gram

Due to connection problems with our automated safety grams,  the safety committee is asking that if you have any type of safety concern please call or email Chris Beeson, Safety Committee Chair. Chris’s contact information is cbeeson@eou.edu or 541-962-3675

 

Bill Benson, Safety Officer
Email: wbenson@eou.edu
Phone: 541-962-3241