Purpose
The purpose of the Safety Committee is to reduce the incidence of occupational injury and illness among employees by promoting safety in the workplace in order to provide a safer working environment for all employees and to control the costs of claims for workers' compensation insurance.
Areas of Responsibility
- Make training and education available to all employees to improve safety awareness on the campus;
- Conduct annual safety self-inspections (as required by MT statute);
- Make spending decisions for annual Safety Smart allocation
- Review workers compensation claims
- Distribute safety supplies as needed
Membership
- Staff at large
- Executive Director of Operations
- Facilities Director
- General Studies science faculty or staff members
- GFPS Career & College Readiness Center staff (ex-officio)
- Health Science faculty or staff member
- Human Resource Manager
- Welding faculty or staff members
Term Limits
Faculty members serve a 2-year term.