SECTION IV: SPECIFIC SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

SAFETY OFFICER

1. Appointed by the administrator of the respective college or unit (CEO, president or executive vice president).

2. Coordinate and oversee environmental health and safety activities throughout his/her college or unit, according to policies and procedures of the established CCS Environmental Health and Safety program.

3. Serve as member of the appropriate college or unit Environmental Health and Safety Committee.

4. Maintain valid first aid certification.

5. Serve as liaison between college or unit administration, the college or unit Environmental Health and Safety Committee, and college or unit constituents.

6. Review completed Accident/Incident Report forms for his/her college or unit. May request further investigation by the CCS safety professional. Per WAC 296-24-020 (2), accidents involving serious injuries that have immediate symptoms are to be investigated. (Refer to WAC for further detail.) As appropriate, shares Accident/Incident Report forms with the college or unit Environmental Health and Safety Committee at their regularly scheduled meetings, for review and possible follow-up recommendations.

7. SCC and SFCC safety officers only: Monitor the designated first-aid station for their respective college to ensure that the station, including the stock of first aid supplies, is maintained according to the requirements of WAC 296-24-067.

8. Disseminate, as appropriate, environmental health and safety procedures, policies, and related materials and information within their respective college or unit (e.g., via Environmental Health and Safety Committee members/building safety representatives, etc.).

9. For each facility within his/her college or unit, ensure that a Building Self-inspection Safety Survey is completed annually by the Environmental Health and Safety Committee member/building safety representative assigned to that facility. Review completed surveys and ensure that hazards or deficiencies noted have been addressed or corrected, as appropriate (e.g., complete Building Improvement Request, Hazardous Condition Report, or other action, as needed).

10. Coordinate and participate in additional inspections of those facility areas determined to have a higher potential for safety hazards. Inspection team is comprised of the appropriate college or unit safety officer, CCS safety professional, and college or unit Environmental Health and Safety Committee member /building safety representative assigned to that facility.

11. Shared responsibility for evaluation and disposition of a hazardous condition. The supervisor of the affected area is responsible to accomplish timely correction of minor hazardous conditions. When correction of a hazardous condition would have major facility and/or economic impact, the supervisor is to notify their administrator and refer the hazard to their safety officer. The safety officer will ensure that appropriate parties (administrator of the affected area, Environmental Health and Safety Committee, and the CCS Environmental Health and Safety Office) are involved in review, recommendations and the decision-making process regarding response to the reported hazard.

When correction of a hazard noted is pending, the supervisor or safety officer, as appropriate, is responsible for implementation of temporary measures to mitigate the hazard. He/she is also responsible for monitoring progress of the hazard corrective action, to assure that delay is minimized and that completion of the corrective action occurs. (For further detail, refer to Section III-C of this document, Hazard Reporting & Correction.)

12. Assist the elected Environmental Health and Safety Committee chairperson in the preparation and dissemination of committee meeting minutes. Retains these minutes for a minimum period of one year.

(Refer also to the section of this document entitled SPECIFIC SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES: All CCS Employees.)