Minutes of Employee Safety Committee Meeting on 6/16/00

Harvey Mudd College Employee Safety Committee
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Minutes from Meeting on June 16, 2000

In Attendance:

Annie Atiyeh (Physics - annie_atiyeh@hmc.edu)
Lillian McCollum (Chemistry - lillian_mccollum@hmc.edu)
Elaine Guerra (Biology - elaine_guerra@hmc.edu)
Theresa Potter (Facilities and Maintenance - theresa_potter@hmc.edu)
Mike Wheeler (Machine Shop - mike_wheeler@hmc.edu)

Agenda Items:

1)  TRAINING SESSIONS
    No Departmental training sessions will be held during the summer
    months.

    If food service providers are HMC employees, they should be 
    required to take the 5 basic safety training sessions.  Mention 
    was made that the Director of Food Services should be a member of 
    the Employee Safety Committee.  The Business Affairs Office and 
    the Office of Student Affairs will be contacted before a decision
    is made.

    Tony will provide all-campus defensive driving training for cars 
    and vans.  Individual training for electrical cars will be 
    available upon request.

    Tony is planning to offer an all-campus radiation safety 
    training this fall.


2)  SAFETY SESSIONS AND RELATED INFORMATION
    Recertification for CPR will be held at the Red Cross Center in
    Claremont on July 15, 2000. In July 2001, CPR and first aid 
    certification training will be open to all HMC employees.

    Annie has forwarded a copy of the video on "College Dormitory
    Safety" to the Dean of Students Office.  She also made mention
    of the HMC websites currently available for Fire 
    Extinguisher Use and Safety.

    The Employee Safety Committee should have a current listing of
    all students who are certified for CPR and First Response.  Annie
    will obtain this information from the Dean of Students Office.
  

3)  CHEMICAL HYGIENE PROGRAM
    Professor Hal Van Ryswyk (Chemistry) has agreed to chair the HMC 
    Chemical Hygiene Committee, and oversee the implementation of the 
    HMC Chemical Hygiene Program. Because he is presently on 
    sabbatical, formal seating of the committee will not occur before
    the beginning of the fall semester.

    Concerns were expressed about the need for an emergency eye wash
    and shower inspection program.  It is presently the responsibility
    of each Department to perform the scheduled inspections.  To make 
    sure that HMC adheres to Cal-OSHA regulations, Theresa will 
    develope a program and inform each Department Chair of what is 
    necessary to maintain compliance. 


4)  LAWN SPRAY ISSUE
    HMC provides scheduled spraying of many campus lawns, trees, and
    shrubs.  Because of allergies and other health risks, state law 
    requires that information be maintained on the hazards of the 
    chemicals used.  Theresa will provide the required MSDSs and other
    related data.


5)  COMMITTEE NAME CHANGE
    After discussion, a motion was made and carried that the current 
    name be changed, from the Safety Committee, back to the original 
    name of the "Employee" Safety Committee.  The insert in the HMC 
    directory and the Committee letterhead will reflect this change.
      

6)  OPEN DISCUSSION

    A. The all-campus Safety Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 
       September 13, at 7:30 am.  Contact Annie if you would like to 
       attend.   

    B. The faculty, staff, and students should be encouraged to
       use the HMC Employee Safety Committee website to obtain
       all kinds of information on employee safety and training.


7) Next meeting will be:  Friday, September 15, 2000, at 9:00 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