Safety Comm. May Minutes

SAFETY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
MEETING DATE – 5-24-06


ATTENDING STAFF – Dianna Sissel – MI, Gail Roberts – UT, Wanda Lawson – BA, Kristine Seitz – ADMIN, Linda Kline – OE, Darlene Mullikin – FE, Charles Lane – FAC/MAIN., Sandy Prell – MR, Dave Mezack – ADMIN, Ann Kamphaus – AM, Candee Shafer – GO, Melanie Smithey – CD.

Minutes from the 4-26-06 meeting were approved. Minutes will be posted to the LibraryStuff blog when they are approved. They can also be found in the CCPL Shared/Safety Committee folder on the network.

The Mission Statement was also approved.

Ann passed out the 10 Step Business Plan from the BWC website. Ann sees the committee as step 2 on the plan.

Dave also handed out a Safety & Health Consultation Report that includes information on 4 of our locations. We will hear about the remaining locations soon. Serious incidents in this report must be corrected. Some of those included:

Extension cords will only be allowed as a temporary measure. For example, you may use an extension cord during a program but not to plug in a fan for everyday use.

Clutter is a main problem at most locations.

Mechanical Rooms are not to be used as a storage room. Dave will discuss with Branch Managers what can and cannot be in the Mechanical Rooms.

Leslie Massey will be sending out monthly safety memos. This is a part of the 10 step plan. Dave will ask that these monthly memos be posted to the Safety Comm. folder. Dave also let us know that as a result of starting the Safety Committee and having the Director send out the monthly safety memos, CCPL has already saved $39,000. and has received a group rating.

We briefly discussed our location audits and reminded everyone to post these to the shared folder. Dave will be taking these to the Branch Managers meeting and discussing them.

Some problems addressed from the audits:

3rd party vendors (cleaners, RPC Mechanical, etc.) are not to be using CCPL equipment or supplies. Dave asks that a note be left for the vendor asking them to use their own equipment and to email him or Pat to make a record of this.

Extension cords – see above

Open toed shoes. Not debatable per Dave. This is a Worker’s Comp and BWC policy.

Maps/Exit routes – Dave is working on these.

First Aid Manuals – Dave is working on these.

Inventory of First Aid kits – Pat W is working on.

Extra shelving being stored at branches. Dave asks that extra shelving be sent to Charles for storage. If a location needs shelving, send in a Maintenance Request and if that shelving is available, it will be sent out. Dave wants us all to know that sending in extra shelving will not prevent you from getting shelving back if it is needed at a later time.

Floors will be buffed during the day and no notice will be given.

If a Safety Committee Member notes a safety concern at a location, please bring it to the manager’s attention and, follow up with an email to Dave so he is aware that a Manager may be contacting him.

The Committee decided to rotate meetings to give members a chance to view different locations. The first 5 minutes of each meeting will include a tour of the facility. The next 4 meetings are scheduled as follows:

June 28 – BA July 26 – MI August 23 – GO September 27 – OE.