HomeMy WebLinkAboutSafety Committee Minutes (25)The quarterly safety meeting will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 in the conference room
on the first floor of City Hall.
If you are unable to attend personally kindly select someone to attend in your place. It would be
appreciated if you would notify the shop stewards or safety representatives of the meeting also.
The proposed Safety Meeting Agenda is;
• Approval of Minutes—January 10, 2018 meeting
• Need a volunteer to do the minutes for Safety Committee Meetings
• Review of the City of Laurel Safety Policy - Updated January 11, 2018
o Per Sam Painter it would appear that Department Heads would need to review prior to
Mayor reviewing and placing on Agenda for Council.
• Review of 3 injury reports and 3 Liability reports
• Other business or concerns
Safety Committee Meeting — April 18, 201811:00AM
In Attendance: Justin Baker, Karen Courtney, Rick Musson, H.P. Nuernberger, Brent Peters, Tim Reiter,
Nancy Schmidt, Matt Wheeler
Absent: Brandon Comey, Nathan Herman, Kurt Markegard, Fran Schweigert
Meeting Called to order @ 11:05 AM
• Acceptance of minutes for January 10, 2018 meeting — no changes minutes accepted
• Volunteer for taking minutes —Justin Baker has volunteered to take minutes at future meetings
so that Karen can focus on running the meeting.
• City of Laurel Safety Policy — Safety Committee has accepted as written and feel that no further
changes need to be made. Sam Painter had suggested having it reviewed by Department Heads
prior to the Mayor presenting it to the Council for adoption. There are only 2 Department Heads
that have not reviewed it — Bethany Keeler and Kurt Markegard. Fire Chief Brent Peters wanted
to look over it again as well.
4 injury reports to review —
o Karen Courtney —shock by light switch —the light switch has been looked at and
repaired so that it will not cause any further injuries.
o Kurt Markegard — slip and fall during a call out — ice cleats would have prevented — all
shop workers have been approved to buy a set to use. Brent stated there is a type that
can be flipped easily for indoor and outdoor wear making it easier to keep on. Will get
info on them and send to Karen.
o Jarred Anglin — abrasions on wrist and knuckles from directing an individual to the
ground when they resisted arrest — this will happen and there isn't anything that can
prevent it.
o William Frederick — breakable vial used in drug testing punctured glove and pierced
finger — again these vials have to be broken to test and it does happen.
4 Liability incidents to review —
o Damage to Bus while pulling it out of the ditch during storm — due to road conditions it
slid and clipped mailbox — damage was minimal and could not be avoided.
o Damage to shop — Could have been prevented by taking time to clean mirrors, turn on
lights in shop. The wall has now been painted making it easier to see when backing in.
However the damage to the shop needs to be looked at and a quote to get it fixed
brought in as it was a supporting beam that was broke in the middle. Matt will have a
contractor come and look at it to get a quote to have it fixed.
o Garbage truck damaged on King Ave overpass — hazardous road conditions and couldn't
have done anything to prevent it. Was not at fault but was caught up in it. Suggestion
made to discuss not having garbage trucks running on days where road conditions and
weather conditions makes it a safety concern for workers and city equipment. The
Safety Committee supports the idea and a memo will be typed up pertaining to the
suggestion so that Matt can present the idea to the Department Head.
o Slight scrape on Bruce's truck when he was backed into while Matt was backing up.
Simple accident and no reportable cost for damage to vehicle.
• Other Business or Concerns
o Karen requested that the representatives of the departments put together safety info
for training in their departments so that department specific training can be established.
The recommendations from those who work in the departments will assist in ensuring
that it is focused on their work.
■ Chief Musson stated that they have one established with the 12 week training
so he would not have anything to add into it.
o Karen had the opportunity to speak with the people from the State and found out that
there is a specific way we are supposed to be investigating claims — she will be learning
the proper way to do so and then presenting to the Committee.
o Nancy brought up that the shelves in the library are not anchored down that could be a
liability should they fall. She is getting a quote for new shelves and once they are able to
update the shelves they will ensure to have new shelves anchored down to prevent
tipping/falling over.
o Brent asked about near miss reports and should they be brought up to Karen as well.
She stated yes. He will be bringing some up to her.
■ Chief Musson stated that their near misses are recorded on their cameras and if
needed for tracking would be available — Officers would not have time to fill out
another form when it is already on record.
o Brent suggested having reference to SOPS for specific items such as lock out/tag out.
Using other jurisdictions written SOPS will make it easier to get these done.
Meeting Adjourned at 11:45 AM