What's new in UWF Safety
UW Facilities Chemical Inventory
For the past 14 years, Chris Pennington has managed the Facilities Chemical Inventory. With Chris’s upcoming retirement, responsibility for completing shop inventories is returning to each individual shop.
Please refer to the following SOPs for guidance on completing the required annual chemical inventory:
- How to Conduct a Chemical Inventory (pdf)
- How to Enter Shop Inventory Information into MyChem (pdf), the University’s official repository for Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)
Chris will be available to help shops with this process through December 1.
UW Facilities Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan
The UWF Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan (UWF BBP ECP) is now available. All departments must complete a site-specific exposure control plan (SSECP) and train potentially exposed employees on their department’s SSECP. This training must be documented.
For some departments, the only potential exposure will be when providing First Aid (e.g., office workers). This unique SSECP template can be used if this is the only potential exposure. You can find this SSECP template in the Appendix of the main exposure control plan.
For all departments, print a copy of your SSECP and put the completed Plan in a location accessible to all employees who may need to administer first aid.
UWF Safety
UWF Safety is staffed by: Director, Ron Fouty, Chris Pennington and Alison Robinson, who are Facilities employees but work closely with campus partners such as EH&S, UWMC, HFS, etc. UW Facilities is dedicated to promoting and supporting the university’s efforts to protect human health, safety, and the environment. The Facilities Safety Director 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.
Department and unit safety staff
UWF Safety is currently staffed by:
- Ron Fouty, Director
- Chris Pennington, Program Operations Safety Specialist
- Alison Robinson, UWF Maintenance & Construction Safety Specialist
Department and unit safety staff:
Facilities departments and units with higher risk work tasks have their own internal safety staff that report to the Senior Leader within the department or unit. These safety staff support their Senior Leaders in fulfilling their responsibilities for workplace safety.
- Building Services - Peter Bakkedahl
- Campus Energy, Utilities and Operations - Unit Managers
- Project Delivery Group - Greg Dufel
- Regulated Materials - William Russell Browne
- Transportation - Joles Tahara
- Fleet Services - Daniel Eden
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. This is the regulatory required Safety Committee