PVAMU
SAFETY MANUAL
Environmental Health & Safety Department
March 2009
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY MANUAL
No manual or administrative procedure can possibly address every hazard or potential hazard
that may arise from a specific task or combination of tasks. Where situations exist that are not
covered by this manual, workplace specific guidelines or other existing procedures, use an
Operational Risk Management (ORM) process to assess the risk associated with
those situations and determine adequate safeguards or procedures to manage the risk.
Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 – HUMAN FACTORS
Chapter 3 - PHYSICAL HAZARDS
Chapter 4 - MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING AND LIFTING TECHNIQUES
Chapter 5 - HOUSEKEEPING
Chapter 6 - FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION
Chapter 7 - WALKING SURFACES, GUARDING FLOOR & WALL OPENINGS, FIXED
INDUSTRIAL STAIRS, AND PORTABLE & FIXED LADDERS
Chapter 8 - ELECTRICAL SAFETY
Chapter 9 - JEWELRY
Chapter 10 - OFFICE SAFETY
Chapter 11 - ADVERSE WEATHER
Chapter 12 - HAND TOOL AND PORTABLE POWER TOOLS
Chapter 13— FALL PROTECTION
Chapter 14— PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
Chapter 15— GROUNDS, LAWN CARE AND MOWING SAFETY
Chapter 16— VEHICLE MOUNTED ELEVATING WORK PLATFORMS, MANUALLY
PROPELLED AND SELF-PROPELLED MOBILE WORK PLATFORMS,
AND ROLLING (MOBILE) SCAFFOLDS (TOWERS)
Chapter 17— SCAFFOLDING
Chapter 18— MACHINERY
Chapter 19— EMERGENCY SHOWER AND EYEWASH UNITS
Chapter 20— SAFETY COLOR CODING, LABELING, AND MARKING
FOR PIPING SYSTEMS
Chapter 21— HAZARDOUS ENERGY CONTROL (LOCKOUT AND TAGOUT)
Chapter 22— FLAMMABLES AND COMBUSTIBLES
Chapter 23 – CHEMICAL SAFETY
Chapter 24 - BIOSAFETY