Minutes of Employee Safety Committee Meeting on 9/17/04

Harvey Mudd College Employee Safety Committee
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Minutes from Meeting on September 17, 2004

In Attendance:

Annie Atiyeh (Physics - annie_atiyeh@hmc.edu)
Kimberly Rogers (Human Resources - kimberly_rogers@hmc.edu)
Lillian McCollum (Chemistry - lillian_mccollum@hmc.edu)
Elaine Guerra (Biology - elaine_guerra@hmc.edu)
Hal Van Ryswyk (Prof. of Chemistry and CHO - hal_vanryswyk@hmc.edu)
Theresa Potter (Facilities and Maintenance - theresa_potter@hmc.edu)
Tony Pennington (EH&S Manager - tonyp@cuc.claremont.edu)
Dan Pereira (Engineering - dan_pereira@hmc.edu)


Agenda Items:


1)  SAFETY SESSION FREE MEAL COUPON WINNERS
    The following HMC community members won an HMC meal coupon after
    their names were drawn from those attending the most recent 
    CPR training.

    	Adam Johnson, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
    	Tim Buchheim, System Administrator, Computer Science
    

2)  CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN (CHP) 
    Tony said that a link should be established, on both the Physics 
    and Engineering Clinic web pages, referencing the College CHP.  
    Regulations now require this link.

   
3)  RADIATION SAFETY COMMITTEE
    Karl Haushalter, Assistant Professor of Biology and Chemistry, 
    is the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for HMC.  He chairs the 
    Radiation Safety Committee.  Other committee members include:

    	David Asai, Professor of Biology and Department Chair
    	Richard Haskell, Professor of Physics
    	Annie Atiyeh, Physics Lab Manager

    Annie said that the radiochemical use license has been extended
    to include users from Physics, Chemistry and Biology departments. 
    She also said that all required and requested radiation safety
    trainings will be done through the Radiation Safety Committee.   


4)  NEW COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
    Annie reported on her meeting with the new interim Dean of Faculty,
    Professor Thomas Helliwell.  The need for a new structure for the 
    HMC Employee Safety Committee was discussed.  During the meeting, 
    she also discussed with him the concerns of the Committee members.
    These concerns included the need for more active involvement of 
    faculty and senior staff in the implementation of employee safety
    training programs.


5)  OPEN DISCUSSION OF NEW COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

    A. The necessity of HMC maintaining its active Injury and Illness 
       Prevention Program was discussed.  The costly consequences of 
       not enforcing attendance at safety sessions was mentioned.

    B. It was suggested that the new Employee Safety Committeeshould 
       include student members, and that the Committee chair should be
       a member of the senior staff.	     

    C. Regulations require that the Employee Safety Committee meet not 
       less than 4 times per year.  This method should be designated 
       as best practice.  It will ensure effective communication, 
       which is essential.

    D. Tony requested a timeframe in which the decisions would be made
       relative to the new structure of the Committee.  Several Committee
       members suggested that Annie and Tony meet with the new interim 
       Dean of Faculty. 


6) Next meeting:  will be scheduled after restructuring and formulation
                  of the new Employee Safety Committee 















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