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Employee Safety

Event banner for Facilities PPE Open House 2024

PPE Open House  /  April 18, 2024

Prizes, snacks and your favorite vendors from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Facilities Training Center. Ask your supervisor about release time available to attend this event. The following vendors will display a wide variety of personal protective equipment (PPE), including gloves, footwear, hearing protection and more, for you to try on and find the best options for your work tasks:

Vendor companies for event
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Leadership standards

UW Facilities Leadership Standards (pdf)

Tracey Mosier, Chris Pennington and Ron Fouty are Facilities employees but work closely with campus partners such as EH&S, UWMC, etc.

UW Facilities is dedicated to promoting and supporting the university’s efforts to protect human health, safety, and the environment. The Facilities Safety Manager develops, implements and updates Facilities safety policies and procedures, and works with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) to assure Facilities complies with all relevant regulations and UW policies. The information is provided for Facilities employees, Leads, Supervisors, Managers, and Directors to assure they and their employees follow policies and procedures and comply with regulations.

UW Facilities Safety Team

Safety Team roster (pdf)

UW Facilities holds a Safety Team Meeting on the last Tuesday of every month to discuss current safety topics and issues that affect all Facilities employees. Minutes are produced from these meetings and sent to Safety Team Members and Leadership.

Safety Team meeting minutes

The minutes should be a part of all unit level monthly safety meetings along with the monthly meeting topics.

UW Facilities Group 2 Health & Safety Committee

The UW Facilities Group 2 Health & Safety Committee meets monthly to review safety topics and issues for all UW Facilities. Each department or unit is represented along with members of UW EH&S. The committee also meets to review the status and resolution of the monthly OARS accident reports.

Group 2 meeting minutes

Minutes are produced and distributed to all UWF departments.