The effectiveness of the Visual Arts & Theatre Safety Program depends on cooperation
and understanding among all parties involved. The general safety responsibilities
for each of the key participants are summarized below:
Faculty and Staff:
- Enforce safety rules for students and visitors.
- Ensure that proper safety equipment, such as eye protection, gloves, guards, and fire
extinguishers are readily available, operable, and known to all people in the studio.
- Maintain ventilation for hazardous fumes/dusts as much as possible.
- Ensure that appropriate warning signs are placed within the area.
- Provide training on chemical hazard information, safety rules, and recommended safe
work practices.
- Ensure that safety data sheets (SDS/MSDS) for hazardous chemicals stored and used
in the studio are available.
- Prohibit eating, drinking, or smoking in the studios.
Students:
- Follow the studio safety rules at all times.
- Report any unsafe conditions to the studio supervisor or instructor.
- Report accidents, even minor ones, to the studio supervisor or instructor.
Safety & Risk Management Office:
- Update the Visual Arts & Theatre Safety Program manual.
- Conduct safety inspections of the studios.
- Check safety equipment and maintain certification for the chemical fume hoods.
- Monitor hazardous material storage and waste disposal.
- Investigate accidents and hazardous material incidents.