Facilities & Construction Safety Committee

Mission statement:

To support the PSU Safety Committee in its commitment to provide a safe and healthy workplace for all employees.

The Facilities & Construction Safety Committee is a voluntary group of employees representing various PSU departments responsible for maintenance and construction activities. These include: EHS; Electrical; Housing; Building Maintenance; In-House Construction; Lockshop; Academic Tech Services; Grounds; Systems; Materials Management; Telecom; and Capital Projects & Construction.

Facilities & Construction Safety Committee Members webpage

This safety committee meets once a month, focusing on the hazards associated with the various trades work represented on the committee.

Group of workers in Personal Protective Equipment

Committee activities include:

Workplace inspections to identify health and safety hazards.
Review of injuries/incidents, making recommendations to eliminate or minimize potential hazards and to improve our safety and health programs.
Communication with fellow employees to identify and recommend to management possible improvements to equipment, programs, and/or procedures to improve health and safety of maintenance and construction activities on campus.
Provision of regular updates and referrals of campus-wide safety issues to the University Safety Committee.

Committee representatives are expected to communicate outcomes and information from the committee to their coworkers. Equally important is the responsibility of committee representatives to communicate safety concerns of their groups to EHS and the committee so they can be addressed.

Facilities & Construction Safety Committee Meeting Minutes webpage

Clip art of a hard hat, safety vest, and construction cone

Worker in Personal Protective Equipment inspecting a ladder

Safety Concerns

For an on-campus emergency, contact Campus Public Safety at 503-725-5911

If a safety concern arises at PSU: Contact EHS