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Office of Safety, Health, and Environment (OSHE)

Safety Programs

Stop Work

The Stop Work Suborder establishes a formal way to ensure employees and covered associates are not exposed to workplace conditions or practices that present a real danger of death or serious injury. The Suborder clarifies NIST’s expectation that all employees and covered associates take personal responsibility for their own safety and the safety of their coworkers by never working under unsafe conditions and addressing or promptly reporting unsafe or unhealthful working conditions (UWCs).
Created April 30, 2015, Updated March 11, 2024
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