Managing Environmental Health and Safety Risks Student Affairs Managers Role

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ManagingEnvironmental Health and Safety Risks
Student Affairs Managers Role

• Risks and Responsibilities
• Tools and Techniques
• Buddy Morris
• Director EHS

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What Does EHS Do?

• Mitigate Risk in 2 Areas of Responsibility
• Compliance with EHS regulations
• Hazardous Materials, Air, Water,
• Support Research (Chemical, Biological and
  Radiation Safety)
• Safety and Injury Prevention Programs the
  people part (CAL-OSHA) (BSAS)
• Provide Consultation and Services
• Help You Mitigate EHS Risks

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What is Your Role as Manager?

• UC Policy on Management of Health Safety and
  the Environment
• It is University policy to comply with all
  applicable health, safety, and environmental
  protection laws, regulations and requirements.
• The University's goal is to prevent all workplace
  injuries and illnesses, environmental incidents,
  and property losses or damage.
• Supervisors have particular responsibility for
  the activities of those people who report to
  them.

Risks must be managed where the work is
done. http//ehs.ucsc.edu/administration/policies.
php
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Which EHS Programs Touch Student Affairs?

• University Dining Services
• Housing Services Administration
• Child Care Services
• Educational Partnership Center
• Family Student Housing
• Admissions
• Financial Aid Office
• Registrar
• Student Health Services
• Disability Resource Center
• OPERS
• RV Park
• Student Activities - Administration
• The Village Housing
• Educational Opportunity Program
• UC College Prep
• Career Center
• Baytree Bookstore

• EHS Service and Support
• Food Service Permits
• Ergonomics
• Office Safety/IIPP
• Storm water
• Swimming pools
• BBPs x-Rays
• Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
• Mold, Lead and Asbestos
• Haz. Mat. Business Plan
• Construction issues
• Training

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Why Should You Care?

• Your actions influence
• Injuries and associated suffering, lost
  productivity
• Attitude toward environmental stewardship
• Economics
• Regulatory fines
• If our injury rate had been average in the UC
  Actuarial study for year ending 2009 we would
  have realize a 1.36 Million in direct savings.

More than you ever suspect the lives of other you
affect
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Appreciative Inquiry Assumptions

• In every organization, something works and can be
  valued
• Technique
• What we focus on becomes the reality we create
• The language we use creates our reality
• People have more confidence about the future when
  they focus on the best parts of the past.

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The Incident Pyramid
1 Serious Injury
29 Minor Injuries
300 No injuries Near Misses
Proactive
Proactive ? Prevention ? Safety
Reactive ? Injury Management
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Investigate and Correct

• Gather info
• Establish facts
• Determine corrective actions
• Implement corrective actions
• Follow-up
• ROOT CAUSE

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Safety Performance Tracking

• Satisfactory performance is exhibited when the
  employee
• demonstrates safe work habits,
• is aware of and follows job safety procedures,
• attends required health and safety training,
• promptly reports to supervisor or appropriate
  university office
• accidents,
• injuries,
• close calls,
• unsafe practices,
• unsafe conditions,
• threatening behaviors,
• emergencies
• proactively promotes safety as part of work
  duties

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Summary Steps to Mitigate your EHS Risks!

• Thoroughly investigate incidents or unsafe
  conditions for root cause
• Think in concrete terms and set clear
  expectations for the EHS function in your area
  of responsibility
• Make EHS responsibilities part of your business
  focus and a performance criteria
• Do the other things (technical/non technical)
• Do you have a DEA (ErgoCruz)
• Who is tending to your IIPP (DSA)
• Do you talk about safety and include safety as
  part of meetings