Environmental, Safety and Risk Management Committee

Committee Charter

The existing Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) has been reconstituted as the Environmental, Safety and Risk Management Committee and the scope broadened to include the following areas:

• Laboratory Safety
• Regulatory Compliance
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Visitor and Contractor Safety
• Pollution Prevention
• Fire Safety
• Building Security Systems
• Fleet Safety
• University-Sponsored Off-Campus Programs
• Special Events
• Athletic Events
• Sanitation

The reconstituted committee is responsible for developing policy and procedures to improve oversight of these areas from a safety and risk management perspective.  It is also responsible for establishing written institutional policies and guidelines,determining acceptable levels of risk for the institution, approving and endorsing training and audit procedures to ensure compliance with policies, and providing guidance to the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, the Department of Risk Management, the Department of Public Safety, and individual academic and administrative departments.  The committee  performs regular reviews of incident statistics including workers' compensation losses, automobile accidents, visitor injuries, property losses, fires/false alarms, and provides periodic reports of the status of the University's safety and risk management efforts in these areas.

Subcommittees and groups:

• Emergency Preparedness and Response Task Force
• Radiation Safety
• Fire Safety Group
• Fleet Safety Group
• Workers Compensation Committee

Committee Membership

Chair

Mark Burstein, Executive Vice President

Committee Members

Vice President for Finance and Treasurer: Christopher McCrudden

Chair of the University Research Board: Stewart Smith

Dean of the Faculty: David P. Dobkin

Dean of the Graduate School: William B. Russel

Dean of the College: Nancy Weiss Malkiel

Vice President, Facilities: Michael McKay

Vice President, Campus Life: Janet Smith Dickerson

General Counsel: Peter McDonough

Vice President, Human Resources: Lianne Sullivan-Crowley

Faculty: Steven L. Bernasek , Ph.D., Associate Chair of the Department of Chemistry
          Richard A. Register, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Center for Complex Materials

Sits with Committee

Director of Environmental Health and Safety, Secretary: Garth G. Walters

General Manager for Administration: Laurel B. Harvey

Director of Public Safety: Steven Healy

Director of Risk Management: Megan Adams

Associate Director for Engineering and Infrastructure, PPPL: Michael D. Williams