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Show Policy required accident reports Before March 1 of this year, the University, kept only a vague record rec-ord of student injuries that oc- . curred on the campus. Now" Safety Coordinator Joe Young of the Department of Public Safety, has initiated the policy of having all accidents on campus reported to the Department of Public Safety. He said this is needed to "establish "estab-lish an effecttive system for collecting col-lecting valid accident and hazard data." The information will be used to pinpoint hazard areas found on the University campus so that the danger can be corrected cor-rected or limited. When an accident takes place, these procedures must be fol lowed when reporting the incident. inci-dent. For employees, the supervisor is to report the accident acci-dent to the Department of Public Safety on the Accident and Injury Report forms provided. For students, stu-dents, the supervisor of the activity, activ-ity, or the person giving aid to the student (such as the lab instructor, in-structor, professor or teaching assistant), as-sistant), is to report the accident to the Department of Public Safety on the Accident and Injury Report forms. Visitors should not- ify the Campus Police or the Department of Public Safety and they will investigate and report the accident. If a student is involved in-volved in an accident on campus but outside of class, he should go to the nearest department secretary secre-tary to fill out an accident report form. Once an accident prone area or procedure has been uncovered on campus, the Department of Public Safety will place pressure on the group respsible for it and will have the hazard corrected or warning signs placed around it if no solution solu-tion can be found. Mr. Young's main objective is to cut down on personal injuries, property damages and losses and the pain that individuals must suffer following accidents. As safety coordinator, he feels that "we're in the business of loss prevention." |