2001
Health and Safety Committee Meeting
December 5, 2001
Present: Hurvitz, Hoyt, Morgan, Zuckerman, Breitsprecher, Brazil
The minutes from the last meeting were reviewed and approved.
Election results: There will be 3 appointed members and 4 elected members. The appointed members are Art Breitsprecher, Greg Brazil, and Stan Humann. The elected members are Kelley Duffield, Phil Hurvitz, David Zuckerman, and Brad Coston.
Discussed one accident report without further action.
OLD BUSINESS
The foot bridge on E-5 has been reported to facilities (twice).
Discussion of video conferencing. Phil Hurvitz continues to work on it.
NEW BUSINESS
Greg Brazil presented the issue with mold in Anderson Hall. There have been four incident reports filed regarding smell and humidity. Greg is working with Environmental Health & Safety to determine the best way to maintain a healthy working environment. He is also working with Facilities to develop a project for long term repair.
The storage shed at the arboretum that previously contained pesticides is being destroyed, 2/6/02.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:30.
Minutes of CFR Health & Safety Committee
Minutes, CFR Health & Safety Committee meeting, November 7, 2001
Present: Art Breitsprecher, Stan Humann, Dongsen Xu, Sally Morgan
Also attending: Karen Russell, Greg Brazil
The minutes from the last meeting were reviewed, revised and approved as revised.
Election update and committee composition: Seven or eight nominations have been received. There was a discussion of number and distribution of members that are needed to adequately represent the needs of the diverse locations and usages in CFR. It was agreed that the total number on the committee should be reduced but that there must be at least as many elected members as appointed members. The appointees should include someone from the woodshop, the remote locations and the CFR building coordinator. On that basis, Art Breitsprecher, Stan Humann and Greg Brazil would be the appointed members. In order to ease getting a quorum, there should be four elected members and they should reflect the different physical locations. Karen Russell will prepare the ballots to reflect that. The ballots will be distributed with the next paychecks.
Old Business:
First aid kits in vans: Art has ascertained that Motor Pool doesn't provide first-aid kits. After discussion, it was agreed that he should take this issue to the University Safety Committee.
Bridge repairs on trail between CUH and the parking lot: although the bridge was closed for a while, it is unclear whether it was closed for repairs or because of other work going on in the area. The current status is unknown. Art will check with Physical Plant.
Cameras to web-cast meetings to remote sites: Phil Hurvitz is still working on this.
CB Antennas: No progress has been made on the retrofitting to provide antennas with magnetic bases (for the motor pool vehicles that have no rain gutters).
CFR Health & Safety plan: there was a discussion of the status of the draft begun by Carl Harrington and Sally Morgan.
New Business:
Stan raised the question of whether an incident report needs to be filed if the person injured is not an employee. The answer is yes.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30.
10 October 2001 10:00 AM
Present: Art Breitsprecher, Sally Morgan, David Zuckerman, Stan Humann, Phil Hurvitz, Fred Hoyt
Absent: Dongsen Xue, Mark Lewis, Morris Johnson
Stan moved to approve minutes of meeting of 2 May 2001. Sally seconded. Motion passed.
Reviewed 5 accident reports (for 2nd quarter). No action was necessary on any report.
Elections were discussed. Art reported he was able to get UW EH&S approval to have elections deferred until Autumn quarter. Elections need to occur ASAP (elections must take place in November). Committee will ask Karen Russell to designate a person to take charge of elections. Will also ask Karen to decide if the size of the committee should be lowered in order to balance the elected/appointed ratio. It was suggested that Karen ask each unit chair or center director to nominate a candidate for the safety committee. Art will take these issues to Karen.
Art reported that the Anderson Hall moisture problem is being fixed. The source of the moisture (a broken pipe or valve below the building) has been fixed, but it will take some time before the building dries completely. This could be a problem for people with respiratory sensitivity or allergies to molds.
Fall meeting schedule is set to the 1st Wed of each month at 1:30 PM in And 107A. The next meetings are scheduled for 7 Nov and 5 Dec.
Old Business:
A. The field trip risk & consent form was sent to Bruce Bare. Bare approved the form, which will be distributed to department chairs for distribution to faculty and staff in charge of field trips. B. Phil found out from Marc that we have a license for NetMeeting, a software that will allow video conferencing with off-site participants. Phil will work with Marc to order 3 cameras for testing. Stan will purchase these and get a chargeback from other participants. C. CB radio antennas need to be retrofitted for motor pool vehicles that have no rain gutters. Magnetic antennas with large/heavy/strong magnetic bases should be purchased to replace existing gutter-mounted antennas. D. Floor plans indicating emergency features have been placed in Bloedel by EH&S, and will probably be placed in our other buildings as well so there will probably be no need for CFR to create these.
New Business:
A. EH&S should be notified of damaged expanded sheet metal on one of the bridges near the ball fields. The expanded sheet metal is folded up and presents a hazard to pedestrian and bicycle traffic. B. Faculty and center directors should be notified at the beginning of the academic year with a reminder about field trip safety (CB radios, risk forms, 1st aid kits, etc.). C. CFR needs to make sure we have enough safety equipment for field trips. This includes hard hats and 1st aid kits. We need to check with EH&S to see if there is a requirement for 1st aid kits to be present in UW vehicles. Does the motor pool provide these, or will the CFR? Even if these are provided, field trip leaders need to verify these are present before going out into the field. D. CFR Safety Plan: since Carl is no longer here working on the plan, it should get bounced to Karen for delegation to the appropriate staff member. Art will notify Karen. E. Karen should be invited to the next CFR H&S committee meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 11:15.