Personality styles, behavior predict depression recurrence
President Charles E. Odegaard, 1911-1999
Home-loan program gets added benefit
UW Journalism, trauma center will be first of its kind in United States
Polls open Dec. 2 for health, safety committee
Safety committees have made campuswide impact
Math, science, engineering graduate students to get PRIME experience in new fellowship program
University alum, director to appear at premier of ‘Snow Falling on Cedars’
A professor’s legacy of letters added to Nabokov-Pushkin exhibit
WTO conference: Expect traffic snarls
Free concert honors George Frederick McKay
Campus Conversation with UW President
Safety committees have made campuswide impact
The current Health and Safety Committees, among other things, have:
Assisted in development of a policy on workplace violence.
Promoted increased awareness of emergency procedures and departmental health and safety plans; and promoted communication between UW service organizations regarding safety issues.
Provided input to the state Department of Labor and Industries regarding a variance proposal for eyewash facilities.
Prepared recommendations on the UW return to work policy.
Proposed recommendations on the development of special safety training classes for supervisors.
Reviewed workstation ergonomics and the use of lifting teams at UW Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center.
Proposed recommendations on an evacuation warden plan for Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center.
Reviewed and evaluated health and safety inspection reports and accident investigation reports.
Reviewed and evaluated UW accident and illness prevention programs.
Provided a forum for employee concerns about health and safety. ¶
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November 18, 1999