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About Wise Kraken Safety
Our SAFER Vision for Schools
We are committed to providing high-quality educational safety and risk management consulting services to school districts in an effort to make schools SAFER for students, teachers, administrators, and district-level officials. We accomplish this while promoting hands-on experiential learning in STEAM program areas based on safer procedures and practices specific to each grade and subject area. We can assist with customized safety training, co-authoring regulatory documents in addition to conducting on-site safety inspections, chemical and product inventory reviews to make your instructional spaces SAFER for all occupants and their families. It is a shared responsibility to enhance safer procedures and heighten safety awareness in schools. Wise Kraken is your safer choice!
Our SAFER Services for K-12
We offer a range of professional services including existing needs assessments based on current safety programs and documentation, strategic safety training program development and facilitation, Chemical (Environmental) Hygiene Plans and HazComm Standard authoring, risk management consulting, safety inspection services, Expert Witness Testimony and more. Our team of safety consultants will guide you every step of the way and create a custom solution that is appropriate for your unique needs and budget while making you SAFER in your schools. Learn more about our personalized custom safety SOLUTIONS below. Wise Kraken can help you become and stay SAFER in your school STEAM departments across the K-12 grade levels.
SAFER Experiences in K-12 Schools
With over 100 combined years of hands-on immersive experience in the science and safety education and supply industry, we have helped thousands of schools offer SAFER STEAM programs to their students. Our consultants are known and trusted thought leaders in this area and are trusted to help make school systems SAFER through a three tier approach where we conduct an Assessment, make informed Recommendations and facilitate Implementation in the Educational System. (ARIES) which will assist in determining the appropriate path forward specific to your risk management requirements in your school district or individual school site.
Wise Kraken K-12 Safety Solutions
Custom K-12 Safety Training Qualification (On-site / On-Demand / On-line Solutions)
Custom K-12 Safety Training Qualification (On-site / On-Demand / On-line Solutions)
Custom K-12 Safety Training Qualification (On-site / On-Demand / On-line Solutions)
We can provide onsite, on-demand and online safety training solutions for your educators and administrators that are grade-level and subject-area specific. Wise Kraken knows there are differences in delivery modalities and in the audience and work with you to determine an ideal safety training schedule and list of topics that are applicable to elementary, middle and high school educators in the subject areas across the STEAM disciplines. Our SAFER training is based on legal safety standards and better professional safety practices including OSHA, NFPA, NIOSH, CDC, NSELA, NSTA, ACTE, ACS, NGCC and others.
We also offer specific training for the administrators in these schools to remind them of their roles and responsibility for safety & compliance. onsite and during sanctioned off-site events.
*Remember that safety training must be provided on an annual basis, on initial hire and when starting a new assignment -- for ALL educators under the OSHA
Laboratory Standard regulations. *
Chemical Hygiene Plan and HazComm Standard Authoring Services
Custom K-12 Safety Training Qualification (On-site / On-Demand / On-line Solutions)
Custom K-12 Safety Training Qualification (On-site / On-Demand / On-line Solutions)
Our team is able to review your existing safety documentation including Chemical Hygiene Plans,(Environmental Hygiene Plans), HazComm Standards and other required safety documentation and evaluate these based on the legal safety standards applicable to each one. All documents developed are aligned to the local, state and federal regulations involved with providing these reference materials and reviewing these on an annual basis. All documents are based on OSHA CFR 29 1910.1450 and CFR 29 1910.1200 as well as the NFPA Standards 101 and 45 in tandem with recognized and established standard operating procedures specific to the academic laboratory and peripheral rooms. OSHA requires very specific criteria in order to have a valid, legal safety standards-based Chemical Hygiene Plan which is not a document that you can simply download and use without specific knowledge and expertise.
Every school district is required to have a Chemical Hygiene Plan as well as have a designated Chemical Hygiene Officer to manage implementation of the CHP.
Safety Manual Development in Specialized K-12 STEAM Program Areas
Custom K-12 Safety Training Qualification (On-site / On-Demand / On-line Solutions)
Safety Manual Development in Specialized K-12 STEAM Program Areas
We also develop safety manuals for non-science programs such as CTE or Technical Education, Agricultural Science and Ag Systems, as well as the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) in an effort to provide SAFER instructional spaces for students and teachers. These program areas have inherent hazards and risks that are not as evident immediately but once an injury or accident occurs, many questions are asked including 'Why didn't we have a safety manual for this program?' Wise Kraken is pleased to offer this custom service to the school districts across the continent. These STEAM safety manuals are central to having a reliable risk management program for students and teachers (as well as administrators) participating in these hands-on, minds-on program areas with tools, materials, design, fabrication and finishing aspects of their curricular projects. Be SAFER!
Having safety manuals for specific CTE programs based on the unique equipment, machinery and tools used is imperative to a safer teaching and learning environment.
STEAM Safety Inspections in Your School Buildings
Inventory Management and Reviews (Chemical & Equipment)
Safety Manual Development in Specialized K-12 STEAM Program Areas
Science Departments are required to conduct annual safety inspections and document their findings based on a comprehensive observation of engineering controls, PPE, lab equipment and apparatus as well as the safety infrastructure items, chemical management including labels, SDS, storage, waste management and many more criteria. The Chemical Hygiene Officer, Department Chair, Lead Chemistry educator and the building administrator should be involved with these annual inspections. We can provide the third-party objective observations to help you meet your obligations. Please schedule your inspections with Wise Kraken and we will document, photograph and create a report for each school in your district as well as identify single concerns and district-wide concerns for your review.
Inventory Management and Reviews (Chemical & Equipment)
Inventory Management and Reviews (Chemical & Equipment)
Inventory Management and Reviews (Chemical & Equipment)
Most schools have too many chemicals in their inventory, and have old, unnecessary items that create clutter or obstructions in their school departments. Wise Kraken is pleased to offer inventory reviews for chemicals and equipment. We can identify chemicals that are hazardous and pose a higher risk than educational value - and you can remove those from the schools and make their departments SAFER through selective reduction of these known hazards in the school. Please note that you are required to have an accurate and current chemical inventory with associated Safety Data Sheets (SDS) in each of your schools.
Contact Wise Kraken today to have a conversation about your safety concerns in your schools and we will custom design a solution that meets your needs and timeline.
Expert Witness Testimony Service for Litigation
Inventory Management and Reviews (Chemical & Equipment)
Inventory Management and Reviews (Chemical & Equipment)
Unfortunately accidents and injuries will occur in schools, and often we are asked to provide our Expert Witness Testimony services to attorneys or insurance companies. We review the evidence from the case and make judgements based on Duty of Care obligations, legal safety standards such as OSHA CFR 29 1910.1450 (The Laboratory Standard) , NFPA Standard 101 and 45, as well as professional association publications and position statements in making our determinations.
Wise Kraken safety experts provide unbiased observations and can generate reports and participate in the entire legal process. Schedule an initial no-cost-or-obligation confidential conversation today with our experienced expert school safety and compliance professionals.