Safety Committee Meeting Minutes 3/6/15
Committee Name: Safety Committee Meeting Minutes
Date: 3/6/2015
Time: 8:00am – 9:00am
Facilitators/Location/Chair: Lorinda Miller/FPPO 2008/Joe Nugent
Attendees:
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Guests:
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Jason Camara
Byron Cornwell
Dianne Avelar
Oscar Guillen
Owen Miller
Rachel Mayo
Antonio Mininni (student rep)
Karen Groppi
Topic and Discussion
Introductions/Adopt Agenda
Approve Meeting Minutes: February 6, 2015
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Michelle Chao
Kristin Fabos
Michelle Donohue
Sue Torres
Joe Nugent
Lorinda Miller
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Victor V.
Topic
Lead
Time
on topic
2 Mins
JN
20 Mins
Ongoing Issues
1. Smoke Free Campus
2. Student Dress Code
3. Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
4. Watsonville Lighting
5. AED – Bldgs. 600 & 1000
10 Mins
FEMA Training Debrief
4.
DA
5 Mins
TS
5 Mins
Panic Buttons for Front Desk areas of VAPA and HAWK
5.
Action Items from the President – Campus SaVE Act
Review Draft Summary Recommendations to FPC
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Six others who did not sign in.
15 Mins
By Whom/
When
Action
Discussion/Motion/Vote
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Tobacco-free support group Monday in Rm 913
No update
Signage is the next step
No response from PGE. RM to talk to City of
Watsonville to find out cost of lamps.
5. Quotes come in at $3455.04. How will
service/maintenance contract be paid for?
Six Cabrillo employees attended. Suggested different
ICT model than we use. Discuss our approach over
summer?
Need more input from divisions to know what they want.
May be training issue for front line staff. Committee
recommends requestors go through his/her immediate
supervisor.
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JN
Flor Chacon (on leave)
Derek Fenster
Devin Monahan
Katie Dowling
Tasha Sturm
Approved – 1
opposed.
1. MD, JN, DF
2. MD
3. JN
4. RM
5. KD/JN
Changes recommended: include Cabrillo tradition of
focus on safety and health; add conclusion stating
that addressing safety concerns are ongoing
operation; AM requested that his opposition to SAC
name change be reflected. Document will be edited
and resent to Committee for final comment.
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Safety Committee Meeting Minutes 3/6/15
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Topic and Discussion
Topic
Lead
Time
on topic
By Whom/
When
Action
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Campus Hours of Operation
1. How do we communicate to students which areas are
open in the evening so they aren’t waiting for
transportation in an unsafe environment?
Campus Landscape
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Areas around the Aptos Campus, especially along the
Soquel Drive side of lower campus, have shrubbery and
other brush that could hide attackers.
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How can we increase safety in these areas?
Watsonville Campus Issues
 Update on Emergency Light
General Safety Discussion
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What key elements contribute to safety?
Reports from Subcommittees:
1. Regulatory and Hazmat Environmental Compliance
JN
JN
RM
JN
5 Mins
5 Mins
2 Mins
5 Mins
Safety, Health, and Injury
3.
Emergency Disaster Preparedness
 Flex Week presentations and upcoming drill
(March)
3. OG/JN 11.
15 min
12.
Connection due after Emergency Prep Drill.
BC
HW 1000 – kiln left open or on sprinkler system
triggered.
HazMat pick up 3/18
2. * 1 Student and 1 Staff with clean sharp sticks –
no injury.
 BBP training for FPPO
3. Presentation of brief Shooter on Campus video
that students will see during drill.
4th injury – student intern at PAMF had allergic
reaction to latex gloves.
Report on Industrial Injuries/Illnesses:
Since February 6, 2015, there were three (3) industrial injuries
to report – one adjunct employee, one student intern and one
classified employee.
TS has seen smokers headed into the ravine between
Cabrillo and Twin Lakes – major fire hazard. Suggests
CDF or California Conservation Corps could be used to
clean loose/down vegetation.
1.
1.JC/JN
2.MD/ST
2.
Public comments urged Committee to retract SAC
East/West name change.
Lighting is key to indicate open areas.
**Lighting is poor between 600, 700, and 1000.
ST
5 min
Injury:
 Trip and fall (VAPA) – lost time reported
 Needle stick (Phlebotomy Program) – no lost time
reported
 Trip and fall (Student Services) – lost time reported
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Item
Topic and Discussion
Topic
Lead
Time
on topic
Action
By Whom/
When
Illness:
None
Meeting adjourned 9:42am
Minutes submitted by Lorinda Miller
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