Minutes of Employee Safety Committee Meeting on 5/9/01

Harvey Mudd College Employee Safety Committee
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Minutes from Meeting on May 9, 2001

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)
Mike Wheeler (Machine Shop - mike_wheeler@hmc.edu)
Ramona Campoy (Dining Services - platt_dining@hmc.edu)
+Ed Arismendi (EH&S Consultant)


Agenda Items:

1)  FIRST AID AND CPR TRAINING
    Community First Aid and CPR training for certification
    will be offered on Saturday, July 7, 2001 (in Spanish),
    and on Saturday, July 21, 2001. The training will be held
    at the local chapter of the American Red Cross, and will
    include First Aid Basics, Adult CPR, and Infant CPR.
    Space is limited to 15 participants per session.  
    
    Both sessions will be full day sessions from 8:00am until
    6:00pm.  The cost of $35.00 per person will be paid by HMC.
    Those who take the course should be prepared to make the
    commitment to renew their CPR certification annually, and  
    to renew their First Aid certification every 3 years.

    There will be additional First Aid and CPR training, in Spanish,
    during the month of August.


2)  SAFETY SESSIONS
    The "Five Basic Safety Sessions" and a fire extinguisher training
    session were held for dining services employees on April 6, 2001.
    The sessions were conducted in Spanish by Ed Arismendi, EH&S 
    Consultant.
  

3)  DINING SERVICES EVALUATION
    Ed Arismendi noted safety concerns regarding the #10-size
    can opener.  The existing can opener is of poor quality
    and is difficult to operate; this condition could result
    in injury to employees.

    Ed noted that the area round the oven is very narrow, and an
    employee could potentially be burned while inserting and
    removing items.  All employees should be encouraged to 
    use extra care.

    Annie suggested that Aaron send a letter to the Committee
    regarding these dining services employee safety issues.  He
    should then forward a letter to President Strauss outlining 
    the HMC Employee Safety Committee recommendations for 
    improvements in the dining services food preparation areas.
    According to Ed, one of the improvements should be in the 
    "pizza-place" station.  This area is presently too crowded 
    and should be remodeled to safely accommodate more employees.


4)  OPEN DISCUSSION

    A.  Tony thinks that HMC should eliminate the use of 
        chlorine gas (toxic), which is presently used to sanitize
        the swimming pool.  All the other colleges use non-gaseous
        chlorine applications.

    B.  During the August meeting, The Committee will make a schedule
        of faculty/staff safety training sessions for the upcoming
        2001-2002 academic year.  In order to avoid scheduling conflicts
        with faculty meeting days, information received from the Dean
        of Faculty's Office will be used.


5) Next meeting will be:  Friday, August 17, 2001, 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