State and Federal regulations require that employers create safety committees in order to provide employees with a forum to discuss and resolve safety-related concerns. In order to meet this requirement, and to additionally gather employee concerns and questions related to campus health and security, WSU Tri-Cities has adopted the committee structure described below.
Member subunits are the functional groups within the university. Examples include the Engineering Department, Business Office, and Custodial team. Member subunits form the basis of the committee structure, and are where most health, safety, and security concerns are expected to be presented.
Each member subunit will elect a Safety Representative who, along with the representatives of other similar subunits, will form the Campus Safety, Health, and Security Committee.
Member subunits may form subcommittees, at their discretion. For example, within the Business office, employees in Payroll services and in Contracts may form separate subcommittees, but both will be represented by the Business office Safety Representative. Or, the biofuels group may have its own internal subcommittee, represented by its elected representative.
Employees within the member subunits should communicate their concerns, suggestions, or questions to their elected Safety Representative for discussion at Campus Safety, Health, and Security Committee meetings.
The following subunits currently have a representative on the Campus Safety, Health, and Security Committee:
| Admissions | Early Outreach | Maintenance |
| Advancement | Education | MarCom |
| Advising | EH&S | Nursing |
| Arts | Engineering | Sciences |
| Biofuels | Environmental Sciences | Security |
| Business | Fine Arts | Student Affairs |
| Business Office | Grounds | Student Body Representative |
| Chancellor’s Office | HR | V&E |
| Copy Center | IT/IAT | |
| Custodial | Library |
The Campus SHSC will be chaired by the Director of Campus Safety & Security, and will include representatives of all member subunits. This committee will:
The Campus SHSC members will work collaboratively toward:
Where appropriate, members of the Campus SHS Committee may be appointed to attend external meetings including representatives from other campuses (such as the Emergency Management Committee, Risk Management Committee, Cyber Security Committee, etc.). When relevant topics are discussed in those meetings, attendees will be invited to report to the Campus SHS Committee and the information obtained will be disseminated to the member subunits as appropriate.
In order to implement this committee structure, all member subunits must elect a Safety Representative to serve a 1-year term on the Campus Safety, Health, and Security Committee. Once Safety Representatives are elected, they must be identified to EH&S in order to coordinate committee meetings.
Please identify elected representatives and the member subunit they are elected from to Scott Tomren at stomren@wsu.edu.
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