Environmental Health and Safety Policies

The University of Louisiana at Monroe’s Driver Safety Policy defines the requirements and procedures necessary to drive on state business for ULM as per the Louisiana Office of Risk Management requirements.

The purpose of this policy is to provide a systematic method of screening, training, and accountability for employees and supervisors required to assign or operate state owned/leased/hired water vessels in the scope of their employment as required by LAC Title 37.

The University understands that the outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 remains a dynamic situation. Therefore, the University discourages all foreign travel by students, faculty, staff, and recognized volunteers during the outbreak. All ULM-travel to countries identified as Level 1 or greater risk by the CDC (“Affected Country”) must be justified, approved by the ULM President, and occur within parameters of the latest guidelines from the CDC and Governor John Bel Edwards’s COVID-19 Task Force.

To protect the safety and ensure the comfort of students, faculty, staff, and others on campus.

Procedures to be followed when a person is injured on campus.

A Job Safety Analysis should be performed on all jobs that have resulted in a trend, death, or a change in job procedures or new equipment. JSA's are synonymous with many agencies'Standard Operating Procedures or SOP's and apply primarily to hazardous operations or potentially hazardous operations.

The University of Louisiana Monroe is committed to providing the University community with a safe and healthful academic and work environment. In service to his goal, the University has developed an Environmental Health and Safety Program.