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The University of Washington has established 11 Organizational Group Health
and Safety Committees. Each of the organizational unit committees look
at the accident / incident reports pertinent to their areas for evaluation
and resolution of any on-going issues. Elections are held every two years.
The Seattle campus is divided into 9 Organizational Groups by department or
unit. The branch campuses each have their own Organizational Group (The
Bothell campus is Group 7 and the Tacoma campus is Group 8).
The Department of Labor and Industries requires annual employee elections for Health and Safety Committees.
The University of Washington has a variance allowing elections every two years. Staff
or faculty, whether full-time, temporary, hourly, or student workers, are eligible to participate.
Election procedures have been revised. Employees in management positions are no longer allowed to run for committee positions. They can be
appointed, but they cannot run.
Also new this year is a committee representing the new College of the Environment, and a separate committee to represent Harborview Medical
Center and the UW Medical Center. To find out which safety committee your organization is part of,
view the 2010-2011 Committees List.
You may also contact the Election Coordinator for the Organizational Health & Safety Committee that represents your organization:
- Administrative and Other Academic Programs (Liz McFarland 685-6605)
- Finance and Facilities (Carol Garing 543-1155; Ron Fouty 221-3350)
- Student Life (Paul Zuchowski 543-8133)
- Health Sciences (Nikki Peters 897-1696)
- College of Built Environments (Meegan Amen 616-2439)
- College of Arts and Sciences (Bob Blum 616-4417)
- UW Bothell (Theresa Grant 425-352-5404)
- UW Tacoma (Susan Wagshul-Golden 253-692-4416)
- College of Engineering (Michael Glidden 685-2105)
- College of the Environment (David Zuckerman 543-8008; Darlene Feikema 685-7275)
- To be designated in 2010
- UW Medicine (Margi Wadden 616-8277)
The UW election process is closely coordinated by the organizational committee's
Election Coordinator, generally a management appointee, who assures that all UW employees have the opportunity to participate in the election.
EH&S has developed training for safety committies and made available centralized materials, references, and assistance.
Web-based tools are available through Catalyst.
Guidelines for the Biennial Organizational Health and Safety Committee Process
The University-Wide (U-Wide) Health and Safety Committee is comprised of
member representation from each of the 11 Organizational Group Health and Safety
Committees, along with ex-officio members and union representation.
See the University's Adminstrative Policy Statement
(APS) 10.11,
for detailed information on the Health and Safety Committees. If you have
suggestions or ideas about how safety can be improved at UW, please send a
note to our Suggestion Box.
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