Metro ECSU's Health & Safety/Building Management Assistance Program provides on-site management assistance services to school districts by assisting districts in:

• Management and monitoring of air quality programs
• Management and monitoring of hazard prevention programs for industrial arts shops and school lab setting
• Performing annual courtesy Mock OSHA inspections
• Monitoring to assure compliance to regulatory agencies
• Offering training to comply with local, state and federal regulations on Chemical Hygiene and Machine Guarding
• Identifying concerns regarding MDE Safety Policy Letter and Assist Schools with project submittals for MDE approval
• Representing districts when contesting OSHA citations
• Providing updates on opportunities for Minnesota OSHA match funding programs.
• Providing update on actions involving legislation and fire code changes
• Online training programs in a wide variety of health and safety related topics  through Coastal
  
  

Services

• Membership
• Monthly Meetings
• Online Training
• Event Registration

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• Membership
• Monthly Meetings
• Online Training
  
  
• Event Registration

Upcoming Event

• Chemical Hygiene Training
  February 21, 2012
  8:00 - 12:00 AM
  Fee: $100 - H & S Member
  $175 - H & S Non-Member
  Flyer | Register
  Training will include:
  About the law and how it relates to ERK
  Written program
  Chemical hygiene officers responsibilities
  Chemical inventory, labeling MSDS's
  Chemical storage
  PPE (types, use, care, storage)
  Fume hoods (how to test them and other requirements/recommendations)
  Chemical spills/disposal
  Biologicals (agar plates, specimens, dissection tools, etc.)
  Inspections
  Emergency procedures, fires, spills etc.
  OSHA physical hazards