RPSS February 2022
Date: Feb.24, 2022
Place: Virtual & in person
Time: 1:02p.m.
Present: Ursula MacDonald, Stan Nemec, Fred Plank, Heather Spivak, Greg Croft, Steve Girvin
Regrets: Shannon Foster, Hugh Briggs, Chris Schooler
OLD Business:
A. Steve reported that the floor in the Powerhouse is breaking. There are no vehicles allowed inside. The area is cornered off with signs advising of the danger, until such time as a decision is made how the floor will be fixed. There are no updates at this time on this project.
Nov.18, 2021 update – a design is being developed in anticipation of the project going to tender
Feb.24, 2022 – no change
B. Security has raised the issue of soft body armour again. Ursula advised that this matter had been raised on and dealt with on two separate occasions including a special JHSC meeting for this purpose. The outcomes of these meetings have been articulated to Security including the Director of the department. At this point the Committee has advised that the request be noted in the minutes as having been raised again. See notes under new business
C. Steve has advised that he is scheduling “driver training” for his staff. There have been some unfortunate incidents recently with vehicles on campus. No updates at this time. Probably will wait till Spring 2022
Feb.24, 2022 – Keith is working on arranging the training
D. Ursula has asked Steve about reviewing the Lock Out/Tag Out procedure. May 27, 2021 Steve advised this should be completed shortly.
NEW Business
Updates from Physical Plant;
Royal Bank – construction ongoing on 2nd floor by the cafeteria
New fire panels installed in RB, ATAC, BB/SN as part of the new fire system
Cooling coils are expected by the end of Feb and will be installed in RB
There a lot of projects going on, at this time PP has approximately 36 projects on the go
- Greg Croft the representative of the Security team has raised two issues;
a) request for body armour (vests)
b) request for training for the Security team
Greg explained that the City of Thunder Bay deals with various issues of concern. The Security staff believe that some of these situations are spilling over to Lakehead University. Greg provided examples of such situations (ie. a vehicle parked in parking lot at night at BL with people in it, some concern that the occupants may have had a weapon, TBay transit dropping off/kicking out unruly passengers at the Agora bus station, unwanted persons on campus etc.,) Greg advised that most of these situations occur at night. The Security team are requesting that they be supplied with soft body armour (vests.)
In terms of training Greg asked for specific training for patrol guards. Hugh asked Greg if the Security team wasn’t receiving some training and Greg advised that they did receive some training but they were seeking training for guards on patrol who may come into contact with aggressive persons.
The Committee advised that all issues of safety must first be submitted to the immediate supervisor for a response. The Committee has advised Greg to contact the Director of Security to ascertain if the soft body armour will be supplied or not, and what if any additional training will be provided.
After a response from the Director is received and if the issues remain, the Committee
will review the matter at that time and provide a recommendation to management.
Feb. 24 – The AVP of Human Resources I have just informed Ursula that she can convey to the H&S committee today that HR/HS expressed their support for the purchase of the soft body armour and that Kathy Pozihun is taking this request it up for final approval.
- Greg Croft advised that the Security team will be receiving First Aid/CPR training and Mental health first aid training in the near future.
- Greg Croft asked about a checklist for Security for newly appointed guards who are on patrol. Greg advised that there is a checklist for guard in the office but none for guards on patrol. Ursula asked Greg to be discuss this with his supervisor about what a checklist would look like and what it would include.
- There was a major power supply problem when an electrical cable underground went down. It affected many things including boilers and some buildings were without heat for a period of time.
Injury Report:
Mechanical – 2 employees injured their heads while working in SN crawl space. Steve advised that this will be discussed at the next maintenance H&S meeting.
Near Misses:
None
Inspections Outstanding;
University Centre
Fieldhouse
Building Maintenance
Meeting adjourned: 1:35p.m.
NEXT MEETING: March or April 2022