SAFETY & RISK ADVISORY COMMITTEE

FY 06 4th Quarter Meeting

August 15, 2006 - 2:30 P.M.

UHV UC 302    UHSSL 109   UHSCR 143

 

 

Attending:

Representing:

Attending:

Representing:

Generao Cortez

Campus Safety, Business Services

Joshua Zeller

SBDC

Sharon Long

University Outreach

Randy Faulk

Information Technology Issues/IT Staff

Nancy Welch

Special Events

Danny Ochoa

Student Representative

Tamye Crockett

Campus Safety/Recorder

Joshua Zeller

Small Business Development Center

Judy Lucas

Office of Admissions and Records

Paula Packard

Library/Media Center

Denise Prescott

HR & Workers Comp

Minnie Urbano

Student Activities/Leadership

David Hernandez

Campus Security

Not in Attendance:

Representing:

Visitors:

 

Randy Faulk

IT/Computer Lab

Kori Wilson

Training/Continuing Education

Dr. Somasundarum

Biology Lab

Mary Densman

Admissions and Records

Michael Ruland

Facility Services

June Cernosek

Finance

 

 

Sugar Land Attendees

(via ITV):

Sugar Land Visitor:

(via ITV):

Susan Reynolds

UHSSL Staff & Faculty in Main Facility

 

 

Pete Jamison

UHSSL Security & Safety

 

 

Linda Manzano

UHSCR Security & Safety

 

 

 

 

The meeting was called to order at 2:35 p.m. by Genaro Cortez, Safety and Risk Manager.

 

 

1.      The minutes of the May 18, 2006 meeting were reviewed and approved as written.

 

 

2.      Unfinished Business

 

a.       Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Application Status

·        One AED unit has been received. It is yet to be determined where the unit will be installed.

·        Unit will be placed in strategic location based on State mandated criteria.    

·        Training will be a crucial step. 4-6 people will be trained per AED unit. Safety and Risk Manager has spoken with Ricky De La Garza of the Victoria Fire Department EMS and he has agreed to do initial and annual AED training.

·        It is the responsibility of the UHV Safety Office to have a medical director involved in the AED program. The Safety and Risk Manager will contact the local medical director.

·        The unit is very compact and has an alarm that sounds when the door is open to alert others in the area of an emergency. 

·        There will be a similar program to apply for AED units in the next fiscal year. The Safety and Risk Manager will apply for additional AED units.

 

 

b.      Business Contingency Plan

·        The Business Contingency Plan review is complete. 

·        The final plan and appendices was 142 pages in length including a new Section F entitled “Hurricane Plan”.

·        Hard copies have been distributed to the Emergency Response Team and President’s Cabinet members. Additional copies will need to be made by requestor.

·        UHSSL received their copies and Linda Manzano will check with UHSCR to make sure they received their copy. A notice will be sent to inform Faculty, Staff, and students that the Business Contingency Plan is available on the web.

 

 

3.      New Business

 

a.       FY06 Safety, Health, Risk Management Goals and Objectives

·        The Safety and Risk Manager is working on FY07 Safety, Health, Risk Management Goals and Objectives and will send a draft to the committee. 

·        Comments and feedback should be sent to the Safety and Risk Manager.

 

b.      Emergency Evacuation procedure review

·        The Emergency Evacuation Procedure review is currently in progress. 

·        The day and night evacuation procedures have been updated.

·        Safety and Risk Manager is currently working on updating all the evacuation rosters. 

·        Next step of review will be making procedure assignments that will have number of people that have assignments but needs to be updated due to organizations changes.

·        Goal is to complete update before fall semester starts.

·        It is recommended that these procedures be reviewed annually by UHV, UHSSL, and UHSCR.

 

c.       Campus Crime Report

·        The UHV Campus Safety Office compiles and published this annual crime statistics and security report by October 1 of each year.

·        The Campus Safety & Risk Manager compiles crime statistics from the Victoria Police Department for the University of Houston-Victoria Campus and the UHDPS Police Department for the University of Houston System at Cinco Ranch and the University of Houston System at Sugar Land Learning Centers.

·        Also, reportable incidents in the Safety Office incident log are included when they are known to have not been included in the police statistics.

 

d.      SORM200 Report

·        The Safety & Risk Manager is currently working on the annual SORM200 report for the State Office of Risk Management.

·        State agencies, courts, and institutions of higher education are reminded that the annual reporting of risk management expenditures, insurance purchases, and non-workers' compensation losses will be due by October 30, 2006 via the on-line reporting system.

·        All information to be reported will be for the period beginning September 1, 2005, and ending August 31, 2006. Agencies are encouraged to begin reviewing the data to be reported.

 

 

e.       Safety & Risk Advisory Committee Membership

·        This committee is formed on a voluntary basis and reviewed annually.  If a member can not continue to serve on the committee member please notify Safety and Risk Manager with your replacement.  If you want to stay on committee no notification is necessary.

 

f.        Safety Trainings

·        Completed Safety Training

ü            UHSSL Hurricane Safety Awareness Presentation (6/08/06)        attended: 32

ü            UHV Hurricane Safety Awareness Presentation (6/14/06)            attended: 51

ü            UHV Defensive Driving (6/29/06)                                                attended: 21

 

·        Scheduled Safety Training

o             The next State Office of Risk Management Regional Open Enrollment Training session to be hosted by the University of Houston-Victoria in the late Fall. The training is scheduled on October 31, and November 1 and 2, 2006.

o             A tentative agenda was provided by SORM. Two courses, Ergonomics Assessment Training and 15 Passenger Van Safety, were included per request.

o             It was reported by the Safety and Risk Manager that the 3 day session held at Midwestern University had a total enrollment of 240 participants.

o             A list of training courses are available on the SORM Web site

o             The training will take place in Multi-Purpose Room and one of three days may also include the Alcorn Auditorium. Volunteers will be needed during event to help participants register and locate rooms. SORM will take care of registration thru their Web site.

o             Judy Lucas inquired about the Blood borne Pathogens course – the course will be offered as a refresher course and should benefit Facilities Services personnel and Biology Lab Faculty, staff, and students.

 

g.       Security Officer’s Report

·        UHV Campus

o             Security Officer David Hernandez reported all is well.

o             A new utility cart has been ordered for the Security Officers.

·        UHSSL  Campus

o             A fender bender in the parking lot was reported by Security Officer Pete Jamison. UHSSL police were notified.

o             The monthly fire extinguisher inspection was completed by Pete.

o             Pete met with the IT department and discussed the issue of the Dell batteries catching fire and informed them of which fire extinguisher to use if this should happen.

o             The Shelter-in-Place kits were checked and are good for another 6 months.

o             A CO2 fire extinguisher has been ordered for the UHSSL Biology Lab.

·        UHSCR Campus

o             Security Officer Linda Manzano reported all is well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

h.       Worker’s Compensation Report of Employee Injuries - Payroll Benefit Manager

·        Denise Prescott reported 1 claim filed in May, 2 in June and 0 in July. For the fiscal year to date (9/1/05 – 7/31/06) 7 claims have been filed with 1 being denied. 

 

i.         Incident Report - Quarterly Summary - Safety and Risk Manager

·        Safety and Risk Manager reported a heat exhaustion incident. A UHV employee working commencement felt faint. There was another incident of an employee fainting and transported to the hospital but not sure if it was heat related. Safety and Risk Manager cautioned everyone on the importance of drinking plenty of fluids and taking necessary breaks while exposed to the heat. Training & Continuing Education Coordinator, Kori Wilson, will look into offering heat stress education training. 

·        An incident that will be on the August Incident Report involved the theft of a Victoria College utility vehicle. Because of the alertness of 2 UHV Facility Services employees the utility vehicle was retrieved and the suspects were apprehended. VC appreciated our help with this matter.

·        The Safety and Risk Manager noted that VC has 3 licensed officers on staff and has 1 licensed officer who is the head of the Policy Academy. They have 3 security officers on staff and they are usually on duty until 10:00 p.m.

 

4.      Roundtable

 

·        The meeting dates for fiscal year 2007 were presented and will be reviewed by committee members for approval.  The prospective dates are as follows:

      November 16, 2006

      February 20, 2007

      May 17, 2007

      August 14, 2007

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m.