Environmental Health and Safety
Environmental Health and Safety is a service provider to the MRU community by offering confidential advice and resources to employees, support for OHS regulatory compliance and a framework to build health and safety practices.
Health and safety is everyone's responsibility.
Employees and employers have responsibilities for health & safety specifically described in Alberta legislation.
- MRU takes care to protect your health & safety, and resolve health & safety concerns in a timely manner.
- Employees are responsible for protecting your own health & safety and those around you,
- cooperating with MRU to protect the health & safety all workers,
- refraining from causing or participating in harassment or violence.
With these responsibilities, you also have Worker's Rights in the workplace.
- The right to know about the hazards and controls at MRU.
- The right to participate in health and safety decisions at MRU.
- The right to refuse dangerous work at MRU.
- The right to work without being subject to disciplinary action for exercising a right or fullfilling a duty imposed by OHS legslation.
Here are a few ways you can promote health and safety in the workplace.
- Lead by example.
- Participate in workplace hazard assessments, inspections, training and other safety initiatives.
- Report all unsafe acts, conditions and incidents (including close calls) within 24 hours to your direct supervisor and to EH&S.
- Correct hazards immediately if it is safe to do so; otherwise report the hazard.
- Know and understand emergency response and evacuation procedures.
- Ensure you have the appropriate safety training prior to performing hazardous tasks.
- Ensure you are fit for duty (physically, mentally and emotionally) and are able to safely perform necessary work tasks.
