New Employee Orientation

 Introduce Office of Risk Management  Discuss Additional Duty Safety Officers  Briefly cover asbestos safety  Determine applicable training for your new position  Answer any questions you may have in the short term

ES&H Orientation

 Risk Management’s long-term goal is to minimize risk exposure to the physical, human, fiscal, and environmental resources of the University  To minimize the impact of losses, the University shall:  Routinely identify significant risks to which the University may be exposed  Avoid unnecessary or unreasonable exposures to the extent practicable  Take reasonable and practical proactive steps to anticipate and/or prevent harmful events and losses  Initiate reasonable and appropriate loss control techniques to minimize the frequency, impact, and severity of losses that are unavoidable

 Risk Management is committed to ES&H continuous improvement  Risk Management will be conducting audits throughout TWU campuses to identify areas for improvement  New programs and training requirements will be coming out  Feel free to contact Risk Management with concerns or suggestions!

 The less incidents at the bottom of the pyramid, the less likely a more serious incident occurs  So, report all concerns or potential incidents to your supervisor and the Director of ES&H! DEATH Lost Workday Incidents Injuries/Illnesses Near-Misses At-Risk Behaviors

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 Harold Johnson Associate Vice President, Facilities Management and Construction/Risk Manager  Office:  Matt Moustakas, Director of Environmental, Safety & Health  Office:  Mobile: 

ES&H Orientation

 Each department is required to designate an Additional Duty Safety Officer  The ADSO acts as the point of contact for Risk Management/Director of ES&H  Risk Management will communicate the policies, procedures, regulations, and standards to the University community through the ADSOs  ADSOs are usually the person tasked with maintaining the departmental emergency plan

ES&H Orientation

 Briefly discuss asbestos on at TWU since most employees do not receive specific asbestos training  There are significant quantities of building materials on campus that contain asbestos  Asbestos in building materials that is intact and left in place is not hazardous  So…do not disturb any building materials!  i.e. cutting, drilling, sanding, buffing, etc.  Building materials are tested, and any asbestos is removed by a remediation contractor before any renovations proceed

ES&H Orientation

 Risk Management has developed a checklist of training requirements based on your work activities (click here for a copy of the form)click here  Read through the descriptions of the work tasks/ activities and check those that apply to you  Give the checklist to your ADSO or send to Risk Management (fax )  These training requirements will be entered into the Risk Management training database

 Training is available in the following formats:  Risk Management classroom training  Departmental classroom/meeting training  “On the job” training (generally provided one-on-one by supervisors)  Blackboard training  Click here for instructions Click here for accessing ES&H training in Blackboard

 All employees who are on campus regularly are required to complete the Fire Safety/ Evacuation training…why not complete it now!  Follow the instructions on the previous slide to access the ES&H training in Blackboard, review the Fire Safety/Evacuation PowerPoint slides, then complete the quiz to get credit.

 Matt Moustakas, Director of Environmental, Safety & Health  Office:  Mobile: 

 Don’t forget:  Complete the training requirements form and submit to ADSO or Risk Management (click here)click here  Click here for instructions for accessing ES&H training in Blackboard Click here  Complete the Fire Safety/Evacuation Training in Blackboard, or at the next classroom session  Contact Risk Management with questions/concerns!