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SAFETY CObmlITTEE
MINUTES
JUNE 21, 1996
Present: Elroy Huff, Jim Hitt, Gerald Smart, Robert Vasquez,
Bruce Reck, Russ Foreman, Dave Garcia, Mark wendelsdorf, Susan
Imeson.
Robert opened the meeting at 9:00 a.m. in the City Hall
Conference Room.
The first item of discussion was first-aid, whether or not
aspirin should be included in the first-aid kits, or any other
medication that is taken internally. Robert felt there could be
a problem with liability. Robert said he'd talked with Kurt
Anderson our Loss Control Officer, and he indicated he didn�t
think it was a problem. The suggestion was make that you could
bring your own medication (aspirin cold capsules). Gerald Smarts
suggestion was, we could have a policy to release the City of
liability, or draft a disclaimer for the Mayor to sign. Without
further discussion, no decision was made at this time.
The next topic of discussion was whether or not we should meet
more often than quarterly, it was the consensus of the committee
that quarterly meetings would be sufficient.
Also discussed was back injuries, whether certain employees who
do a lot of heavy lifting should be required to wear back support
braces. Carl thought is was unnecessary, do to the fact that they
have there own safety meetings, employees are required to watch
videos on proper lifting. The other committee members felt the
same way, that back braces were more of a problem then a help.
The next item was accident reports. Robert felt that the
employee should fill out the report with the help of their
Supervisor, and not doing it alone. The committee agreed.
Robert said he would check on buying safety glasses, but thought
is unlikely because we probably couldn�t get the budget for it.
Gerald suggested that we could order through PSG and get a better
deal, if we were able to get the budget for them.
The next meeting is scheduled for August 23rd, Robert wanted to
meet be for the budget and that's in sept.
With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:30