Overview
It is the policy of Allegheny College to provide a safe and healthy environment, free from recognized hazards that may cause serious injury to students, employees, and visitors. This is accomplished by maintaining a comprehensive safety, health, and environmental program that involves all College employees.
Allegheny College will conduct all of its activities in compliance with applicable standards, codes, regulations, and laws.
Each and every person at the institution understands that safety is not an additional job responsibility, it is an integral part of every task. If any function is not being performed safely, it must be stopped and altered so that it can be performed safely. In carrying out its responsibility for, and commitment to, providing a safe and healthy environment, the college has established a Safety Committee to develop policies and procedures to accomplish the goal of a safe and healthy environment.
Each member of the College community will abide by established safety policies and procedures. It is the intent of the College to accomplish this goal through six major initiatives:
- Promoting safety awareness throughout the college.
- Organizing and /or providing safety training programs for employees and students.
- Assisting in safety inspections of buildings, grounds, and work sites on a periodic basis as dictated by our inspection program.
- Promptly reviewing all safety-related incidents, injuries, accidents and illnesses. Including investigation, recommending appropriate corrective action of hazard, follow-up and compliance.
- Periodic evaluation of Safety Committee by-laws, Programs, structure and operations, and recommending any changes.
- Coordinating with other departments to monitor completion and compliance of all training and inspections as well as an overall awareness of safety on campus to meet these objectives as a unified college body.
Allegheny College believes that its most valuable resources are the people who teach, learn and work at this institution, and will do all that is reasonable to protect them.
Request for Safety Review Have a project/comp or club activity that needs safety approval?
Like other Allegheny College management functions, safety must be effectively managed to obtain the desired results. Necessary planning, organizing, leading and controlling are required management actions. Since no one person can get the job done alone, this site outlines safety responsibilities for all Allegheny College personnel.
Allegheny College Covid-19 Info
Safety Committee By-Laws
Safety Committee Members
The committee members will be selected based on their knowledge and willingness to serve. The Safety Committee will be composed of representatives for the following departments:
Current Members
- Elizabeth Guldan, Science Labs
- Jared Luteran, Athletics
- Tracey Olenick, Physical Plant
- Phil Reinhart, Public Safety
- LeeAnn Yeckley, Theater, Dance and Music
Alternate Members
- Kathryn Sutter, Art
- Mark Kohnen, Human Resources
- Lynn McManness-Harlan, Conference and Event Services
- Joe Michael, Physical Plant
Consultants
- James Basinger, Public Safety
- Marko Sadikovic, Residence Life
- Katrina Yeung, IT
- Linda Wetsell, Admin/Aux and Finance
- Jim Cessna, (Chair) Contracted Safety Liaison, Miller Environmental
- Buck Baldwin, (Vice-Chair) Contracted Safety Liaison, Envirothink Inc.
- Stephanie Williams and Phil Emerson, Contracted Safety Liaisons, Envirothink Inc.
Definitions –
Incident – Violent event such as a fracas or assault, generally a title IX report, between people.
Accident – Unfortunate event that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury, generally an HR report, between a person and an object.
Hazard – Potential source of danger, generally report to safety committee or public safety, depending on the nature of the hazard, urgency, and time of day.