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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 reequires annual employee elections for Health and Safety Committees.
The University of Washington has a variance allowing elections every two years, with the
current two-year term expiring at the end of 2005. An election during the 2005 Fall Quarter provides
representatives for the new term beginning in January, 2006.
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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