Safety Committees - Annual Report

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Program Description

SFSU has several safety committees:

1. Campus Safety Committee

  • The Campus safety committee has been meeting each month since early 2015.
  • Attendance is open to all, and participation from all major campus groups is actively sought.
  • De-facto members include personnel from EH&S, ERM, OES, and UPD, as well as all active Building Emergency Response Coordinators, (BERCs), and Building Coordinators, (BCs).
  • Meetings have moved on-line in response to Covid, and to facilitate the participation of members from off the main campus locations.
  • Minutes of the meetings are posted on the EH&S website.

2. Facilities Services Safety Committee

  • The Facilities safety committee meets on an ad-hoc basis to discuss safety issues specific to their operations.
  • EH&S attends these meetings as a resource, but does not lead or facilitate.

3. Non-ionizing Radiation (Laser) Safety Committee

  • The Laser safety committee meets at least annually and as necessary to address laser safety issues and the administration of Laser Use Authorizations,(LUAs), which govern how lasers are allowed to be used on campus.

4. (Ionizing) Radiation Safety Committee

  • Due to a change from broad scope license to an academic-specific license, theRadiation Safety Committee now serves as an advisory group and meets as needed.

5. Biosafety Committee

  • The Biosafety committee meets at least annually and as necessary to address biosafety issues and the administration of Biological Use Authorizations, (BUAs), which govern how biological agents are allowed to be used on campus.

6. Chemical Safety Committee

  • The Chemical safety committee meets on an ad-hoc basis to address chemical safety issues as they arrive and to assist EH&S in setting chemical safety policies and procedures.

7. Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)

 

CY 2023 Update 

No changes in CY 2023.