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Safety Committee
It is the goal of California State University Monterey Bay to provide a safe and healthful environment for students, employees and visitors. The University, through this Safety Committee, supports that goal by addressing safety concerns and providing communication between interested parties.
The Committee meets as often as necessary to fulfill its obligations, but not less than once per semester. Meeting minutes are available for review by all employees.
Committee actions include assessing safety information and recommending corrective actions to faculty, staff, students or campus administration.
Authority
The Safety Committee derives its authority from:
- An ethical obligation to protect students, visitors and staff.
- The obligation of the University to provide a safe and healthful workplace (OSHA General Duty Clause).
- The obligation of the University to provide an illness and injury prevention program including a safety communications system and procedures for correcting unsafe/unhealthy conditions (Labor Code Section 6401.7 and California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3203).
- CSU Executive Order 1039 California State University Occupational Health and Safety Policy.
Objectives
- Maintain a campus community that is a safe and healthy environment for students, faculty, staff, affiliates and visitors.
- Provide a forum for review of safety and health concerns, major incidents, and recommendations for improvement and corrective actions.
- Increase campus awareness of safety and health issues and programs.
- Evaluate campus public safety programs, identify gaps, and make recommendations for change or adoption programs.
- Promote communication regarding health and safety issues between all relevant campus entities.
- Review information related to safety including: injury and occupational illness reports, accident reports, safety suggestions/alleged hazardous conditions, external regulatory inspections, internal health/safety/environmental inspections.