Safety & Security
Update
Faculty Town Hall Meeting
Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom
07 Apr 15
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Self Inspections
& Training
Documentation
Individual
Safety
Initiatives
College
Safety
Initiatives
Lab Safety &
Research Plan
(LSRP)
Departmental
Safety
Initiatives
Annual EHS Lab
Inspections
University
Safety
Initiatives
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University
Policies &
Programs
(GURU, EHS)
ISP – Purpose:
reduce the risk of personal injury, environmental contamination, and property
damage
To nurture and train world-class socially aware, globally connected, diverse
engineers, educators, and researchers with rigorous core knowledge and
problem-solving skills, who understand complex, interacting engineering and
societal systems. To develop innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing
challenges through transformational interdisciplinary research.
In Research…
In Teaching…
In Working…
In Life…
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ISP – Responsibilities & Expectations:
Every employee:
- Be familiar with all safety, security and emergency policies, programs and procedures
- Ask questions of and report concerns to their assigned Safety Representatives
- Integrate safe work practices into daily tasks
- Stop any observed unsafe actions and request that a safety assessment be performed
- Halt any unsafe acts when questioned by another employee
Retaliation for reporting unsafe acts will not be tolerated.
Department Safety Representatives / Safety Committees
Department Heads
College Safety Committee
Safety & Security Coordinator
College of Engineering Administration
…and the rest of the University Community
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The CoE Safety Standard
Regulations (compliance) shall not be seen
as hindrance or obstacle, but rather as the
minimum societal agreed-upon standards
upon which a more comprehensive and
integrated safety culture shall be
established.
Process for handling safety-related concerns:
- Supervisor (PI), with assistance from Dept. Safety Rep.,
has 30 days to address & report the concern as resolved;
- If unresolved, referred to Dept. Head who has 30 days to
address the issue;
- If unresolved, issue is referred to Dean’s Office
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Security – Access Control
AD68 / SY2001 Implementation (March 2014)
• Each Department has Access Coordinator(s) for key & card
access
• Access Coordinators are meeting every other month to
discuss implementation & documentation requirements
• Meeting with Police Services to address concerns & suggest
policy changes
• Changes are coming…
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Security – Access Control
What is your role?
PLEASE:
PLEASE DO NOT:
- Notify Access Coordinator
to request access changes
- Report:
- Try to override, repair, or
tamper with access control
systems
- Loan, transfer, give, borrow
or in any way transfer keys
or cards to/from other
people
-
Lost keys /cards
System problems / alarms
Door schedule needs
Suspicious activity
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Questions, Comments, Concerns?
D. Joshua Troxell
djt171@engr.psu.edu
863-8189
Thank You!
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