Minutes of Employee Safety Committee Meeting on 3/24/01

Harvey Mudd College Employee Safety Committee
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Minutes from Meeting on March 24, 2001

In Attendance:

Annie Atiyeh (Physics - annie_atiyeh@hmc.edu)
Lillian McCollum (Chemistry - lillian_mccollum@hmc.edu)
Hal Van Ryswyk (Prof. of Chemistry and CHO - hal_vanryswyk@hmc.edu)
F. Sheldon Wettack (Dean of Faculty - sheldon_wettack@hmc.edu)
Elaine Guerra (Biology - elaine_guerra@hmc.edu)
Theresa Potter (Facilities and Maintenance - theresa_potter@hmc.edu)
Chris Sundberg (Asst. Dean of Students - chris_sundberg@hmc.edu)
Chauncey Jones (EH&S Specialist - chanuceyj@cuc.claremont.edu)
Kimberly Rogers (Human Resources - kimberly_rogers@hmc.edu)
Ramona Campoy (Dining Services - platt_dining@hmc.edu)

Agenda Items:

1)  NEW VICE-CHAIR
    Debra Heavenston is no longer representing Human Resources as a 
    member of the Employee Safety Committee.  Kimberly Rogers will 
    assume those duties previously performed by Debra, and will also 
    serve as Vice-Chair.


2)  NEXT SAFETY SESSIONS
    Since March 30, has been designated as an HMC holiday, the Dining 
    Services Basic Safety Session and fire extinguisher training
    scheduled for this date has been rescheduled for Friday, April 6,
    from 2-4 pm.  Training will be in English and Spanish.

    Staff and faculty fire extinguisher training will be Friday, 
    April 20, at 1:30 pm.
    

3)  FIRST AID AND CPR TRAINING
    Two sections have been scheduled, one for July 7, and the second
    for July 21.  Training will be conducted by the Red Cross.

    The initial CPR training requires a full-day session.  This
    certification must be renewed annually at a half-day session.

    The first aid certification must be renewed every 3 years.  Every 
    4th year, this training is made available to all HMC employees. A
    minimum of 12 participants per section is required.

    Because Dining Services is closed during the month of July, Ramona
    Campoy will coordinate the CPR and first aid training at the 
    beginning of the fall semester.  A minimum of 10 participants is 
    required for the full-day sessions.  Training will be given in 
    English and Spanish.
    

4)  CHEMICAL HYGIENE PROGRAM
    Hal Van Ryswyk, CHO, has met with other department heads concerning
    the Chemical Hygiene Program.  The Chemistry Department already has 
    an established Chemical Hygiene Plan. Other HMC Departments must
    now decide whether they wish to amend the Chemistry plan as 
    needed (resulting in one plan for the College), or formulate 
    and establish an individual departmental plan.

    Discussions are in progress.


5)  SCHEDULING OF SAFETY TRAINING FOR FACULTY
    Sheldon said that regularly scheduled faculty meetings must be
    considered when establishing traing sessions for faculty members.
    Hal suggested scheduling safety training in August, before the 
    beginning of the first semester. 
    
    Annie will contact Lois about the first semester faculty meeting 
    calendar.  The HMC Employee Safety Committee will then meet in 
    early August to decide the dates for all first semester training 
    sessions.  Possible dates include a Basic Safety Session and fire
    extinguisher training in September, and corporate criminal 
    liability training in October.

    
6)  OPEN DISCUSSION

    A. Theresa said that all life safety systems remain online during
       power outages.   

    B. It was decided that Kimberly Rogers should send a reminder e-mail
       to each participant who is scheduled to attend a safety training
       session.  This reminder is to be sent several days prior to the 
       session, in an effort to increase faculty and staff participation.

    C. Lillian mentioned that HMC employees should be reminded to place
       all door stops close to the wall when not in use.  Doorstops 
       left in the hallway pose a definite safety hazard.


7) Next meeting will be:  a luncheon meeting on Wednesday, May 9, 
                          at noon at the Faculty House



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