Employee Safety Committee Minutes Aug. 21, 2007

Williams College Employee Safety Committee

George Aitken, Cheryl Brewer, Gail Burda, Adriana Cozzolino, Scott Duncan, Wayne Haskins, Kris Maloney, Pat Mancuso, Joe Moran, Jay Racela,

Lisa Briggs, Jean Caprari, Gary Lohnes, Steve Rondeau, Julie Seitel

The loading dock at Paresky: work complete.
Morgan East and West stairways: work complete.
Additional exterior lighting at CTD: Irene looking into it.
CPR classes will be offered in the fall.
Doggy don’t bag stations: Adriana has OK’d funding for two bag stations for lower Cole field and two at Weston. College will provide signage.
Roof fan at Dodd: it is no longer necessary to get out of lift to service it.
Mechanical room lights at CTD: work order is in.
lat ceiling mounting: follow-up pending.
Delivery of chemicals to Sciences: Jay followed up with person concerned with staff training. Deliverers drop all packages together. Jay will contact deliverers, Joe suggested getting precise info at time of delivery rather than just making a general complaint.
Pete has retired. Steve has contacted Jean for a replacement.

There were 6 incident reports submitted to the committee this month:

A security officer, while walking up stairs behind Fayerweather, fell and hit back of head. Marble stairs are worn and slippery, looking into roughing them up with sand blasting.
A security officer injured left foot while slipping on loose gravel at Weston Language. Gravel present due to road repair work.
An athletic groundsman strained lower back while lifting railing onto truck. Recommended corrective action [RCA]: get help with heavy lifting. Looking into using a flatbed truck to facilitate loading and unloading.
A research student was bitten by a rat. RCA: update tetanus shot, sacrifice rat (once they get the taste of human blood. . .).
A horticulturist was stung by a bee and though allergic did not have EPI pen with him. However, did get to pen in time. RCA: carry with him.
An employee stepped into a pothole on lower drive at Stetson and strained neck and shoulder and left elbow. RCA: work order to fill in hole.

Pat reported that the sidewalk by Vogt was uneven due to tree roots pushing up slab. Joe will investigate.

Theatre - George Aitken, Senior Scene Technician – permanent
Faculty - Cosmo Catalano, Lecturer in Theatre – permanent
Information Technology - Cheryl Brewer, Budget & Facilities Administrator – permanent
Art Department - Gary Lohnes – permanent
Liaisons to administration
Adriana Cozzolino, Assistant Vice President for Operations
Kris Maloney, Benefits Administrator and
Joe Moran, Manager of Safety and Environmental Compliance
Dining Services – Lisa Briggs, Cook's Assistant - 11/05 - 11/08 (3 year)
B&G (Grounds) – Steve Rondeau, Groundsman - 4/07 - 4/10 (3 year
Alumni/Development – Pat Mancuso, User Services Specialist - 11/05 - 11/08 (3 year)
Security – Pete Mazzacco, Campus Security Officer - 11/05 - 11/07 (2 year)
Hopkins Hall - Gail Burda – Dean of Faculty Secretary11/05 - 11/08 (3 year)
CES – Jay Racela, Technical Assistant - 11/05 - 11/08 (3 year)
B&G (Custodial) – Scott Duncan, Custodian - 11/05 - 11/07 (2 year)
B&G (Fire Safety) – Wayne Haskins, Fire Safety, Security & Telecom Technician -4/07 - 4/10 (3 year)
Sawyer Library – Jean Caprari, Library Systems Technician - 4/07 – 4/09 (2 year)

Faculty House, New Private Dining Room