This vocational safety guide is designed to help Missouri school practitioners at all levels in providing for the safe instruction and work associated with practical arts and vocational and technical subjects. Covered in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: Missouri legislation and regulations pertaining to school safety; levels of responsibility (state, district, building, and community level responsibilities); liability (the potential liability of educational personnel, insurance, insurance-related statutory requirements, and the legal status of liability coverage in Missouri); safety program recommendations (instruction, evaluation, recordkeeping, inspections, and organization and approval); safety program recommendations concerning facilities and equipment (classrooms and laboratories, environmental factors, machinery guarding, and material handling); safety program recommendations pertaining to personal protective equipment (eye and face protection, head protection, food protection, hand and body protection, and radiation safety); safety regulations pertaining to vocational special needs students (individualized educational plan development, suggested teaching techniques and special needs resources); and useful information sources. (MN)