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Date: Monday, November 25, 2019 at 3:43:24 PM
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (19 articles)
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 07:32:12 -0500
Author: DCHAS Membership Chair

From: Penny Manisco <pmanisco**At_Symbol_Here**G.HMC.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] EHS staff structure and info
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:19:22 -0800
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Hi Heather,

At Harvey Mudd College I serve as the Chemistry Dept Lab Tech (prepping instructional labs) and the Chemical Hygiene Officer for the campus. There is an EH&S safety director who basically handles all safety other than lab safety, but we work closely on some overlapping issues. My duties are not split by any official job description, but I work out my own time as needed. I would say it is about 50% lab tech and 50% safety, depending on time of the year. During summers it is 100% safety. I usually have one student worker to assist with lab set up and tear down, eye wash and shower flushing, chemical inventory assistance and other duties as time permits. We have a campus safety committee on which I participate. The committee is made up of faculty reps from each department as well as department lab managers. Harvey Mudd College is an undergraduate science, math, and engineering college with an enrollment of 892 students this year. About 39% of enrolled students will declare a major in engineering. Chemistry typically only accounts for about 5%. All students must take a semester of general chemistry and general biology lab as freshmen. It is not uncommon for engineering students to participate in clinic or thesis work where chemicals are involved. I handle lab safety training for all faculty and students who do research in labs where chemicals are in use. I also perform safety audits at least annually..

Let me know if you would like further information.

Best,

Penny Manisco
CHO, Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, Ca

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:43 AM Kaufmann, Heather <Kaufmann.H**At_Symbol_Here**gmercyu.edu> wrote:

Hi everyone,

We are in the middle of a Strategic Assessment and Alignment task force review and as the Environmental Safety Manager for the university, I've been asked to compare our structure and staffing to other peer institutions.

If you are a small independent college or university with about 1500 -2000 students, can you answer the following to me off line?

Just for comparison, I am also the Lab Manager for the Division of Natural Sciences which supports both the biology major and the chemistry service courses. Technically, I am supposed to be doing the work at 0.5 FTE or 18.75 hrs/week for the Lab Manager Position and then 0.5 FTE (18.75 hrs) for the Environmental Safety position. Responsibilities usually associated with a CHO are not clearly delineated at this time between the 2 positions so I personally think of my job as one third LM/one third CHO/ one third EHS. I am sure many of you can guess what is and is not getting done, especially during the fall and spring semesters.

Do you have an Environmental Safety Manager at your institution?

Is the position a split position? If so, what are your other duties and what is the ratio of the split?

Is EHS more than a one man show at your institution? If so, how many in the department?

Do you use student workers and, if so, how many?

Do you have a campus safety committee? If so, do you participate or run the committee?

If your only role is EHS, do you process Workman=E2=80™s comp's claims?

What are the relevant stats for your institution? I.e. undergrad enrollment, chem major?

I would obviously like to compare apples to apples as closely as possible but I think every position is a little different at each school.

Thank you so much for your help and hope everyone has a restful break next week!

Heather

Heather Layton Kaufmann, Ph.D.

Environmental Safety and Laboratories Manager

School of Arts & Sciences

Gwynedd Mercy University

1325 Sumneytown Pike
P.O. Box 901
Gwynedd Valley, PA 19437

e-mail:kaufmann.h**At_Symbol_Here**gmercyu.edu

Maguire Hall 236

215-646-7300 x21489

Fax: 215-542-4604

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Harvey Mudd College

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