Institutional Biosafety Committee
Chair – Matt Koci
EHS Staff Contact – Darren Treml
Occupational Safety and Health Council
Chair – Elizabeth Nichols
EHS Staff Contact – Ogaga Tebehaevu
Radiation Safety Committee
Chair – Kursten Pierce
EHS Staff Contact – Scott Lassell
Reactor Safety and Audit Committee
Chair – Ayman Hawari
EHS Staff Contact – Scott Lassell
Unit Safety Committees – Responsibilities
Unit Safety Committees are safety committees at the college level which represent and assist their colleges or departments in carrying out the university safety mission. At least one member from each department in a college should serve as a member of the college safety committee. For non-academic unit safety committees, representation from the various department functions should be included in the committee makeup. A mix of supervisory and non-supervisory members is also encouraged. The chairs of the unit safety committees represent their committee on the university Occupational Safety and Health Council (OSHC), which is the parent safety committee for the university. The OSHC receives an annual “charge” from the Chancellor to address any issue or issues of broad concern. The unit safety committees work towards addressing the charge, along with items they determine important for their college or department. Committees should meet at least 3 times per academic year. In addition, unit safety committees work in conjunction with the Environmental Health and Safety Department (EHS) to assist their work units in the following manner:
- Review work-related injuries, illnesses, and near misses to determine if root causes and corrective actions are appropriate. Assist in sharing corrective actions with others in their college or department. Work cooperatively with EHS to share lessons learned with other university groups as appropriate.
- Obtain and share information from and to EHS for review of incident trends in their college or department.
- Assist their colleges or departments in ensuring the safety plans and self-assessments are updated at a minimum annually or on a more frequent basis as required by regulatory codes, standards, or university requirements.
- Conduct inspections or participate in work area inspections conducted by EHS. Inspections should include interaction and interviews with employees in the work area.
- Assist department heads as appropriate in receiving safety or health hazard concerns, sharing with EHS, and help ensuring that corrective actions are implemented.
- Unit committee chair receive annual updates on the university work-related injury and illness statistics and provide feedback and recommendations for improvements to the university injury and illness prevention programs.
Athletics
Representative – Bob Erickson
Campus Enterprises
Representative – Keith Smith
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Representative – Todd See
College of Design
Representative – Heather Durand
College of Engineering
Representative – Sean West
Colleges of Natural Resources (Forestry)
Representative – Elizabeth Nichols
College of Sciences
Representative – Matt Green
College of Textiles
Representative – Jessica Gluck, Madilynn Smith
Division of Academic & Student Affairs (DASA)
Representative – Kevin Sutherland
Facilities Division
Representative – Doug Morton
University Libraries
Representative – Breanna Ausby, Anna Cohen
Veterinary Medicine
Representative – David Dorman