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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:33:21 -0700
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From: Eric Clark <erclark**At_Symbol_Here**PH.LACOUNTY.GOV>
Subject: Re: 2 RE: Safety contracts
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Marjorie,
This sounds like the classic case of a "Body-Count-Initiated Safety
Program" where changes happen only after a serious incident. Do yourself
a huge favor: document unsafe behaviors/incidents/infractions by sending
an email to the faculty member or his or her student (CCed to the
appropriate faculty member) so that you're at least covered and have a
record for the inevitable OSHA investigation at Folsom Lake College.
Eric Clark
Safety Officer
Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratory
>>> 8/5/2009 9:10 AM >>>
Not in our district! Although the students watch the ACS video, take a
quiz, etc., faculty are not truly "required" to do anything. At least, we
are "supposed" to do "mandatory" H&S training every year, but nothing
happens if you don't take it!
In my opinion, one of our biggest problems is the union. They fight for
tenured, and non-tenured, professors tooth and nail. It doesn't matter if
a faculty member eats or drinks in the chem lab, or if they allow students
to eat or drink in the lab, the union will fight not only to keep them
employed, but to make sure that the faculty member doesn't even get a
notation in their HR file. As a result, there is no way to enforce any
safety policies as there are no consequences.
So my question is this: how can we get union buy-in for faculty following
rules and getting reprimanded/fired if they don't? Is there any union/distr
ict out there that has negotiated some sort of faculty safety clause where
there are consequences for noncompliance with basic safety rules?
Also, what would positive reinforcement for faculty members look like?
Sincerely,
Marjorie Samples
Chemistry Dept.
Folsom Lake College , CA
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] 2 RE: Safety contracts
Do the faculty have to sign any such contracts?
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] 2 RE: Safety contracts
From: "GAMBLE, DANYELLE"
Date: August 4, 2009 1:56:27 PM EDT (CA)
Subject: RE: Safety contracts
>We have our students sign a dress code and take a safety test
We have our students do the same. The sign the safety contract and
watch a the ACS safety video before they can come into our labs. We
keep files for 10 years.
Danyelle
Danyelle Gamble-Noland
Science Lab Supervisor
CNM
dgamble1**At_Symbol_Here**cnm.edu
505-224-3526
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From: Dennis Stachura
Date: August 4, 2009 2:03:40 PM EDT (CA)
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Safety contracts
We have all of our students sign a safety contract at the beginning of
each semester, they are also provided with a copy printed right in the
lab manual for the course they are taking. (this avoids any problems
with a student saying "they didn't know" they were breaking a safety
rule because we collected the signed contracts back from them) Unless
there is an injury involved all of the contracts are distroyed at the
end of each academic year.
Dennis Stachura
Montclair State University
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