Minutes of Employee Safety Committee Meeting on 8/23/02

Harvey Mudd College Employee Safety Committee
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Minutes from Meeting on August, 23, 2002

In Attendance:

Annie Atiyeh (Physics - annie_atiyeh@hmc.edu)
Elaine Guerra (Biology - elaine_guerra@hmc.edu)
Theresa Potter (Facilities and Maintenance - theresa_potter@hmc.edu)
Tony Pennington (EH&S Manager - tonyp@cuc.claremont.edu)


Agenda Items:

1)  NEXT SAFETY TRAINING SESSIONS
    Safety training (for staff) incorporating the Five Basic Sessions is 
    scheduled for Thursday, September 26, 2002 and Thursday, February 6, 2003. 

    Safety training (for faculty) incorporating the Five Basic Sessions is
    scheduled for Thursday, October 3, 2002 and Thursday, February 13, 2003.

    Training for Corporate Criminal Liability, for faculty and staff, will be on
    on Thursday, November 7, 2002.

    Workplace Violence 2 & 3 sessions, for facultu and staff, will be held on
    Thursday, December 5, 2002.  Annie will provide Tony with a profile of 
    people attending these sessions.

    Fire Extinguisher Training, for faculty and staff, is scheduled for Thursday,
    May 1, 2003. 

2)  AIR QUALITY REPORT
    Annie has been inspecting the labs in the Jacobs Science Building and has
    determined that little has changed regarding particulate accumulation.  Tom 
    Shaffer, Plant Engineer in HMC Facilities, was notified.  He inspected the
    air ducts and determined that the particulates were still present.  

    Previously, Health Buildings (a company) recommended that the air ducts not be 
    replaced because the company believed that the air ducts were not disintegrating.
    Theresa, who received the Healthy Buildings report, said that the company and 
    F&M are still working out the details.

    Annie will not move back into the Physics stockroom/office until the problem is
    solved.    
    
  
3)  GREEN SHEET SAFETY TIPS
    Annie needs suggestions for safety tips that she will be submitting to the
    Green Sheet Publication.  Tony said that he had several suggestions that he will
    forward to Annie.  
    
    Annie will also submit the dates of upcoming safety training sessions for
    publication and announcement.  


4)  ALL-CAMPUS SAFETY FAIR
    Annie proposed that the Employee Safety Committee set up a table at Open
    Enrollment to promote employee safety.  Tony suggested the possibility of
    having a "Safety Fair" in April involving all of the colleges.


5)  OPEN DISCUSSION
    A.  Theresa said that the CPR training scheduled for F&M did not occur because
        the instructor who does the yearly  training was not available.  In the 
        past, July was the month in which CPR and First Aid training were done for
        the F&M staff.  Further discussion was tabled until the next meeting.   

    B.  Annie would like to purchase a Radiation Safety Training video from 
        Radiological Training Services, LLC (Radiation videos.com).  This video
        would be available to all specified employees.  Tony will view the
        video, and he may purchase one so that it can be available to all of the 
        Claremont Colleges.

    C.  After some discussion, the Committee decided that it would be advantageous
        for the F&M Department to keep its own employee safety training records.

    D.  According to Tony, a carpal tunnel syndrome case was evaluated ergonomically.
        Tony suggested changing the position of the mouse in addition to the removal 
        of the rest pad.

    E.  Professor Nancy Hamlett, Chair of the HMC Biology Department, reported that
        she was trapped in the Olin Building elevator after a power failure had
        occurred.  Theresa discussed this matter with the CUC Physical Plant.  As a
        result, the functioning of the safety device on this elevator is presently 
        being investigated.  Theresa will follow-up with Professor Hamlett.

    F.  Relative to Dining Services employees, Tony suggested that HMC reevaluate the
        "Return to Work" Policy in order to decrease the number of accidents.  Most 
        Dining Services employees have a lengthy leave of absence during the summer
        months.


6) Next meeting will be:  Friday, October 18, 2002 at 11:00am in
   the Stauffer Lounge 




A computer record and a hard copy of this report will be kept in 
Lillian McCollum's office (2310 Jacobs).
  
If you would like a hard copy, send your request to Annie Atiyeh 
at annie_atiyeh@hmc.edu