MINUTES OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SAFETY COMMITTEE

HELD AT DIANA TORREY HEALTH AND COUNSELING CENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2017 STARTING AT 9:00 AM.

Chairperson:       Bill Ritchie, Co-Chair

Present:                Jill Pflugheber, Timothy Corbitt, Kasarian Dane, Nick Ormasen, Jim Kozsan, Susan Johnson (secretary), Suna Stone, Sharmela Garcia-Martin, Mary Charleston, Cindy Atkins, Stacie Olney-Lapierre, Marcus Sherburne, Eric Shinnick and Jackie teRiele

 

Apologies:            Pat Gagnon, Ethan Townsend, Dan Seaman, Marsha Sawyer, Nancy Alessi, Steve Richards, David Richer and Stacy Vassar

 

Open comments, introductions and guests

Approval of the Minutes

Old Business:

1.      Drone policy needs to be created.  Suna to collect information to bring to first meeting. Sub-committee being organized to create policy. All agreed there is a need for a policy and Suna has started a list of employees who have contacted her with interest in collaborating on creating one. Susan has contacted the group and a meeting has been scheduled in early December to discuss.  OPEN.

 

2.      Tim Corbitt raised concern students have over crosswalk safety from campus to Price Chopper; there is not a crosswalk from upper East Main until the intersection of SR 310/SR 68 and US 11. Pat Gagnon to discuss with Chief James Santimaw; Canton PD.  Since this is a State Road Village of Canton would have to make request from NYSDOT which they have done 2x already. Letter of support to Buildings & Grounds Committee which will hopefully move on to the Village’s Complete Streets Committee and/or Master Trails Committee for review and action.  Marcus Sherburne shared his concern of maintenance of paths/trails; seasonal usage? Lighting? Curb cuts? The committee reviewed and discussed the letter of support for the bike path and cross walk proposal and Canton Connector diagrams. Bill Ritchie to reach out to Village Superintendent for recommendations. OPEN.

 

3.      Jackie teRiele and Suna have created a “student incident report” for accidents. CLOSED.

 

4.      Jackie teRiele would like to bring up a concern of the Biology Emergency Shower Stations.  She will be attending the 12/1/17 meeting to explain.

 

“A problem in Johnson Hall of Science is that the emergency showers do not provide any privacy.  These showers are located in the corners of labs, and would be used if someone spills a chemical on themselves.  In the case of such a spill, the safest thing to do is to remove all contaminated clothing and use the shower to rinse off any chemical that reached the skin.  However, I think that most people would not be comfortable removing their clothing in a room full of students, and would be likely to keep their clothing on under the shower.  This would result in chemical that was in the clothing rinsing down the person’s body and potentially causing additional exposure.  Alternatively, the person might go to the nearest bathroom (which is sometimes not near the lab) to remove contaminated clothing but not have a shower to effectively rinse the chemical off.”

 

Some suggestions include; U-shape stainless steel rod with curtain; fire blankets to wrap in or scrubs to change in to and portable folding curtains that can be placed to block student/faculty member needing the emergency shower.  Nick Ormasen suggested contacting Purchasing to discuss possible options.

 

5.      NYS Fire Inspections (2nd round) will resume on December 11, 2017.

 

New Business: 

1.Suna Stone asked if the satellite operations in Dining Services could obtain first aid kits and would it entail a “band aid” station or would training be required? Tim Corbitt suggested replicating the kits that are located at the main Dining Units. Cindy Atkins to make this happen.  OPEN

 

2.   Sharmela Garcia-Martin and Jim Kozsan are working on a plan to make alternative arrangements for any students that may need special accommodations next semester in Carnegie Hall.  Presently, this semester we are not aware of any special accommodations needed.

OPEN.

Tabled

1.Park Street Lighting – has been approved in the second tranche of the capital process and we anticipate a summer of 2018 installation of new LED lighting and new poles.  The LED lighting and poles will mirror our proto-type which is located at the crosswalk near 53 Park Street.  The second phase of the project will consist of new stamped crosswalks and painting which will be contingent on approval within the capital process.

 

Future Meetings:

The next Safety Committee meeting will be Friday, February 2, 2018.  It is requested that any new business to be added to the Agenda be forwarded to Susan Johnson no later than January 26, 2018.

 

There being no further business, the meeting closed.

 

 

 

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Susan C. Johnson

Assistant to the AVP of Safety & Security and

Emergency Management

Safety & Security

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