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So we have a contracted environmental services company which provides our janitorial services. They also provide their employees with their own equipment and cleaning chemical’s. We provide them janitors closets within our buildings to store their equipment and it is locked when not in use (so our staff doesn’t use them). Their service manager asked us to procure them eye wash stations due to the corrosive cleaning chemicals they use.

Are we responsible for providing the safety equipment or are they (the employer) responsible? Do we split the cost or eat it all? How do you handle these types of situations with contractors?

Let’s hear the good and bad from Safety Professionals who work or have worked at a College or University. How big or small is the typical Safety Department? Do most schools even have a safety department, or do the responsibilities fall under Human Resources? What’s the pay range? If you left, can you tell us why? With whom did you encounter the most pushback, other staff/faculty or deans/directors? Are you responsible for the safety of employees, students, or both?