March Minutes

Environmental Health and Safety Committee

March 9 , 2004 Meeting Notes

Members Present:

Mike Carter Jr., Sandra Baumgartner

Peggy Hickox, Charles Phillips

Dan Carpenter, Robert Bates

Gary Hanebrink, Heidi Hawkins

Members Absent:

Lynette Drake, Jeff Boshart, Dan Sheeran

Mark Shaklee, Doug Brandt, Ken Baker

Sheila Poffinbarger, Karen Nantz, Joe Barron

Kathy Cartwright, Doug Klarup, Jeff Cross

Chief Due, Keith Kohanzo, Dr. Wall

Rodger Jehlicka, Becky Markwell

Guests Present: No guests were present.

Meeting

•  Discussed an e-mail regarding recombinant DNA.

•  Tabled discussion on e-mail regarding recombinant DNA since quorum is not available and to allow other input and discussion from committee members. Would like to draw a conclusion over the next couple of months.

•  Discussed the need to establish a Institutional BioSafety Committee (IBC).

•  Need to obtain a list of courses, faculty members, and researchers who deal with recombinant DNA.

•  As a committee, we need to send our recommendations for a Facility Reporting Officer or BioSafety Officer to Jeff Cooley and Blair Lord. Academic Affairs may be responsible for managing biosafety research and in the classroom. It could be a new position or give the responsibilities to an existing employee or faculty member.

•  Approved minutes for January 13 th with noted corrections – Charles and Chuck.

Round Robin

•  Dan

•  Discussed the Colts.

•  Chuck discussed the OSHA 300 log.

•  We stand average.

•  Need a worker's compensation log.

•  Work restrictions – Money/Worker's Compensation

•  Sandra

•  Safety Committee working on a survey for faculty to help include everything in the safety training program being designed for graduates, students, and faculty.

•  Gary

•  Cadaver, Chemical Storage, and Fish Ecology rooms in Life Science Building will use the remaining dollars from the $1,300,000 in EHS capital (RAMP) for ventilation improvements.

•  Robert Bates

•  Slip and Fall in handicap parking spaces.

•  Response from Grounds was “We will get there.”

•  East side of Lantz

•  Need to look into handicap priority for snow removal and sanding.

•  Robert and Gary

•  Drivers Training on Web – Target audience are those who have had accidents.

•  Must have training before reinstating them to drive university vehicles.

•  There is a cost in doing this.

•  There is a possibility in identifying a student to get credit for developing a Web program for classroom time.

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