California State University SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Minutes of November 13, 2013 meeting 1) In attendance were: Jose Chanes OPC Management: Mike Morris Police Department: Scott Duffer Academic Affairs Safety: Ivan Grooms Academic Affairs Safety: Bill Kupfer, Chair Safety/Environment: Ed Lebioda Student Affairs: Ricky Medrano Unit 5: Michael Mahoney Academic Affairs Safety: Gina Matibag Academic Affairs: Hilda Ocampo Academic Affairs: Derick Nguyen OPC Safety: Katharine Hullinger Risk Manager: vacant Health and Safety Manager: Information item: Manny Ramos, the campus Health and Safety Manager, left campus employment and recruitment is underway to refill the position. Information item: The delivery of on-line courses (Injury and Illness Prevention Program, Hazard Communication and Ergonomics) has been delayed due to the vacancy in the Health and Safety Manager position. 1) Jose Chanes provided a summary of the revised campus Fall Protection Program. A consultant has been hired by Facilities Services to assist with implementation of this, and other, safety programs. 2) The Chair presented an injury report. There were 31 injuries since the last Committee meeting on June 26, 2013. Sixteen of these injuries were staff members and fourteen of those worked in Facilities Services. Seven students and eight visitors were injured. Most of the Facilities injuries were not severe, although one potentially dangerous heat illness hospitalization garnered an OSHA investigation that is on-going. There were four insect “bites” associated with a large amount of manual labor on the new entrance road landscaping. Seven students were injured while involved in a wide variety of activities, and these injuries appeared to be random.
California State University SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Minutes of November 13, 2013 meeting 1) In attendance were: OPC Management: Jose Chanes Police Department: Mike Morris Academic Affairs Safety: Scott Duffer Academic Affairs Safety: Ivan Grooms Safety/Environment: Bill Kupfer, Chair Student Affairs: Ed Lebioda Unit 5: Ricky Medrano Academic Affairs Safety: Michael Mahoney Academic Affairs: Gina Matibag Academic Affairs: Hilda Ocampo OPC Safety: Derick Nguyen Risk Manager: Katharine Hullinger Health and Safety Manager: vacant Information item: Manny Ramos, the campus Health and Safety Manager, left campus employment and recruitment is underway to refill the position. Information item: The delivery of on-line courses (Injury and Illness Prevention Program, Hazard Communication and Ergonomics) has been delayed due to the vacancy in the Health and Safety Manager position. 1) Jose Chanes provided a summary of the revised campus Fall Protection Program. A consultant has been hired by Facilities Services to assist with implementation of this, and other, safety programs. 2) The Chair presented an injury report. There were 31 injuries since the last Committee meeting on June 26, 2013. Sixteen of these injuries were staff members and fourteen of those worked in Facilities Services. Seven students and eight visitors were injured. Most of the Facilities injuries were not severe, although one potentially dangerous heat illness hospitalization garnered an OSHA investigation that is on-going. There were four insect “bites” associated with a large amount of manual labor on the new entrance road landscaping. Seven students were injured while involved in a wide variety of activities, and these injuries appeared to be random.