Name Phone e-mail

Becky Delacruz 54860 bdelacruz@ccmail.nevada.edu

Gary Cerefice 52612 cerefice@unlv.nevada.edu

Patricia Cruz 51417 cruzp@unlv.nevada.edu

Jeanette Daniels; Committee Chair 54450 danielsj@unlv.nevada.edu

Susan Murphy 51411 smurphy@unlv.nevada.edu

Amy Smiecinski 51420 smiecins@unlv.nevada.edu

Shelley Williams 51445 williams@med.unr.edu

1. Training: Tom Kerr, training coordinator of EH&S will not give out training records to anyone but employee supervisors. If you need to find out when or if you had a particular training class, call Becky Delacruz for the information or ask your supervisor to call Tom. Becky can also schedule HRC employees to training classes. UNR personnel are welcome to attend UNLV training but it is not required. Cart training is required for anyone who drives an electric cart. Respirator training is coming in September. 24-hour OSHA training is coming in the future. Call Becky for the upcoming PPE training schedule that will be in CSB-164.

2. Laboratory Access: GaryCerefice announced that MSM-172a&173 construction has started and the labs are closed to personnel. Dressed out personnel will be on the roof soon changing out rad lab HEPA filters. The west door to the first floor laboratory complex north hall must not be propped open.

3. Fire Safety & HAZMAT Meeting: As a result of a recent CCFD HAZMAT indoctrination here at HRC, CCFD requested and chaired a meeting with HRC, EH&S, and Nevada State Fire Marshals on April 13, at 1pm in the same conference room. In attendance were 2 fire marshals, 2 CC firemen and a chemical engineer, 5 EH&S employees including Becky Delacruz, George Fratus, Ed Gannon, Courtney Kerr, Larry Tirri, safety committee members including Patricia Cruz, Jeanette Daniels, Amy Smiecinski, Shelley Williams, a division director, Linda Stetzenbach and the HRC director, Klaus Stetzenbach. The purpose of the meeting was to develop a working relationship with UNLV and the fire marshals. CCFD in a walk-through during the indoctrination spotted basic problems, and wanted to meet before doing a complete inspection, possibly work together on inspections with fire marshals. Fire marshals expressed an interest in working together. CCFD stated there are very few violations to discuss and the main purpose was to work together; when campus fire & life safety personnel find an issue – respect the findings and be responsive. Specific problems discussed:

q UNLV needs to submit Clark County HAZMAT permits

q HRC has storage within 18 inches of fire sprinklers

q Doors are being propped open

EH&S committed to working with CCFD to get permits submitted. HRC stated that the 18” storage issue is a constant battle and representatives in the meeting would assure their areas comply. Door requirements were clarified. NOTHING can be used to prop open fire doors. Doors opening to hallways are defined as fire doors. Subsequent to the meeting it was clarified that doors without returns can remain open without aid; and doors with returns MUST NOT have the returns removed.

Jeanette will meet in the near future with CCFD as followup to the meeting, and bring back contact information and outstanding issues to Ed Gannon.

4. Incidents: –

4/13/04, 2:30pm : Strong solvent odor in front office, MSM-142c reported to Becky Delacruz. Miscommunication among the roofers resulted in volatile substance being used while the building was occupied. Contact with the roofing supervisor corrected situation.

4/16/04, 7:45am: Landscape company working on the south side of MSM, cut a gas line at the southwest corner of the building. Building was evacuated, gas line capped, and personnel were allowed back in at approximately 10:30am.

Lessons learned:

q In an emergency, do not assume that 911 has been called.

q Call 911 and pull the fire alarm for future non-medical emergencies

q Safety committee members will survey each floor to assure evacuation is complete when fire alarm goes off

q Public Safety does not have keys to HRC internal lab doors; Jeanette will distribute a list to Public Safety of key sources for each lab, probably each director and a backup

q Keys are being obtained to the mechanical rooms

q NFPA labels will be posted by EH&S personnel outside each lab door

q Chemical inventories will be posted outside each lab door

5. Microbiology is not receiving non-hood airfilter exchanges. Jeanette will look into this.

6. Automatic External Defibrillator: Jimmy Maffessanti of EH&S mentioned that we need to be cognizant that the battery packs and pads on our AED may expire. He also reminded us that we must have a doctor overseeing the AED. Our response was that as soon as UNLV gets a doctor and AED policy/program implemented, HRC will be glad to comply. Until that time, we have an AED with qualified personnel available to use it. Shelley Williams also clarified that the surgical resident working in her lab is available to oversee the HRC AED.

7. Next Meeting: The next meeting will be no later than the end of August 2004 unless needed sooner.

Meeting termination:

The meeting was ended by 2:30pm.

Meeting Minutes Distribution:

Committee members, HRC personnel