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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Safety (Committee) - 11/15/1988 ! I City of Kent SAFETY COMMITTEE MINUTES November 15, 1988 Present: Jennifer Carey, Jim Ausburn, Bruce Lipp, Gregg McCormick, Casey Ellis, Lori Brown, and Joe Sams The following items were discussed: PUBLIC WORKS Incident: Truck was parked with emergency brake engaged and motor running. The truck slipped the emergency brake and ran into the back of a van and a parked station wagon. Comments: The safety committee found this accident to be preventable. PUBLIC WORKS Incident: While transporting a back hoe, the air line on a trailer broke, causing the trailer brakes to lock- up and the truck to separate. Comments: The Committee felt that the operator did not properly check the vehicle snap ring. Any operator should check this before operating a vehicle. The Department will be advised. PUBLIC WORKS Incident: Employee was using Epolux cleaner to clean a paint roller and got the cleaner on ,hands. The cleaner burned the skin. Comments: No MSDS sheet had been received on this product prior to use. However, the Committee did not seem to feel that this would have prevented this particular accident. PUBLIC WORKS Incident: A jackhammer bit got stuck in the asphalt, employee strained neck while trying to remove it. Comments: The Committee seemed to feel that this was a nonpreventable accident. It is very difficult to operate a jackhammer without occasional injury. r � r' November 15, 1988 Page 2 FIRE Incident: Emergency brake was not properly set and car rolled into a City of Kent vehicle. Comments: The Committee felt that it had inadequate information to make a determination in this particular incident CUSTOMER SERVICES Incident: Employee had microwaved an already hard boiled egg. When the employee bit into the egg it burst, injuring the employee's cheek. Comments: The Committee determined that this was a preventable accident and recommended that hard boiled egg be punctured or split in two prior to microwaving. It was also recommended that a warning be placed on the microwave oven in the Lunchroom. FIRE Incident: An employee turned too tightly around another employee's car and hit the side of the car. Comments: This accident was determined to be preventable. The Committee also had a question regarding whether or not the car was in a properly marked parking stall. Other items that were discussed consisted of the continuing problem of double parking in the parking lot next to the Engineering Building. The Committee also considered developing a safety project for 1989, designed to publicize the issue of safety in the work place.