The University has a responsibility to provide a safe and healthy environment for faculty, staff, students, and visitors, while completing University-related work responsibilities. The Safety Committee ensures there is an infrastructure that provides proactive identification, evaluation and resolution of hazards for the safety and health of employees, students, and visitors. The Committee oversees safety-related matters for the campuses of the University of Tennessee Knoxville and the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) campus in Knoxville. UTIA personnel and operations that are not based on the agricultural campus in Knoxville (as regular location of work) are excluded from the scope of this committee, although coverage may be extended to them via UTIA policy. The Committee reports jointly to the UTK Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, the UTK Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, and the UTIA Agricultural Research Dean.
Charter & Bylaws: Safety Committee bylaws
2018
- Q1 20180212 Safety Committee Minutes
- Q2 (pending committee approval at Q3)
2017
- Q1 20170216 Safety Committee Minutes
- Q2 20170525 Safety Committee Minutes
- Q3 20170817 Safety Committee Minutes
- Q4 20171116 Safety Committee Minutes
2016
- Q1 20160127-Safety Committee Minutes
- Q2 20160429-Safety Committee Minutes
- Q3 20160829-Safety Committee Minutes
- Q4 (no meeting)
The University has a responsibility to provide a safe and healthy environment for faculty, staff, students, and visitors, while working in University-supervised instructional laboratories, research laboratories and academic support shops be they on- or off-campus.The Laboratory Safety Committee supports this responsibility through the proactive identification, evaluation and control of hazards in laboratories and academic support shops on campus or off-campus for the safety and health of employees, students, and visitors. In this context, the Committee is responsible for advising and providing guidance to the safety and research infrastructures for the campuses of the University of Tennessee Knoxville and the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture in Knoxville.
Charter & Bylaws: 20150427-LaboratorySafetyCommitteeCharter
Names | Organization | Position | Contact |
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Terry Hazen | Civil and Environmental Engineering, Microbiology, Earth and Planetary Sciences | Chair | tchazen@utk.edu |
Bill Dunne | College of Arts and Sciences | Vice Chair | wdunne@utk.edu |
Sandra Prior | Environmental Health and Safety | EHS Director | sprior@utk.edu |
Lee Jantz | Anthropology | ljantz@utk.edu | |
Mariano Labrador | Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology | labrador@utk.edu | |
Linda Hamilton | Biosafety | lhamil17@utk.edu | |
Brian Ranger | Biosafety | branger@utk.edu | |
Paul Dalhamier | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | pdalhaim@utk.edu | |
Brian Long | Chemistry | long@utk.edu | |
Andy Baker | Civil and Environmental Engineering | lbaker38@utk.edu | |
Sharon Hale | Civil and Environmental Engineering | sfhale@utk.edu | |
Chris Boake | College of Arts and Sciences | cboake@utk.edu | |
Chris Fedo | Earth and Planetary Sciences | cfedo@utk.edu | |
Larry McKay | Earth and Planetary Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences | lmckay@utk.edu | |
Elizabeth Derryberry | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | liz@utk.edu | |
Gong Gu | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | ggu1@utk.edu | |
James Cantu | Environmental Health and Safety | jcantu@utk.edu | |
Pam Koontz | Environmental Health and Safety | pjkoontz@utk.edu | |
Scott Moser | Environmental Health and Safety | smoser@utk.edu | |
Derek Bailey | Facilities Services | dbailey4@utk.edu | |
Mark Wagner | Facilities Services | mwagner1@utk.edu | |
Yingkui Li | Geography | yli32@utk.edu | |
Kristen Vandergriff | Graduate School of Medicine | klvandergriff@utmck.edu | |
John Kobza | Industrial and Systems Engineering | jkobza@utk.edu | |
Darcy Rathjen | Joint Institute for Advanced Materials | D.Rathjen.JIAM@utk.edu | |
Sally Fridge | Lab Animal Safety | sfridge@utk.edu | |
Doug Aaron | Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering | daaron@utk.edu | |
William Ferrell | Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (Graduate Student) | wferrel2@vols.utk.edu | |
Scott Emert | Nuclear Engineering | wemert@utk.edu | |
Ling Zhao | Nutrition | ling.zhao@utk.edu | |
Lori Cole | Office of Lab Animal Care | lcole21@utk.edu | |
Shawn Campagna | Office of Research and Engagement | campagna@utk.edu | |
Robert Nobles | Office of Research and Engagement | nobles@utk.edu | |
Christine Cheney | Physics and Astronomy | ccheney@utk.edu | |
Rosie Metallo | Plant Science | ||
Matthew Cooper | Psychology | mcooper@utk.edu | |
Marsha Smith | Radiation Safety | mmsmith@utk.edu | |
Erin Tucker | School of Art | etucker8@utk.edu | |
Clayton Frazier | Teaching and Learning Innovation | cfrazie9@utk.edu | |
Don Conard | Theater | jconard@utk.edu | |
Steve Crouch | UT Institute of Agriculture | scrouch4@utk.edu | |
Jacob Payne | UT Institute of Agriculture | jpayne@utk.edu | |
David White | UT Institute of Agriculture | dwhite25@utk.edu |
2018
- January 20180122-LSC-Minutes
- February 20180219-LSC-Minutes
- March 20180319-LSC-Minutes
- April 20180416-LSC-Minutes
- June (available after August meeting approval)
2017
- January 20170123-LSC-Minutes
- February 20170220-LSC-Minutes
- April 20170417-LSC Minutes
- June 20170619-LSC-Minutes
- September 20170918-LSC-Minutes
- October 20171016-LSC-Minutes
- November 20171120-LSC-Minutes
2016
- January 20160125-LSC-Minutes
- February 20160222-LSC-Minutes
- March 20160321-LSC-Minutes
- April 20160418-LSC-Minutes
- May 20160513-LSC-Minutes
- July 20160711-LSC-Minutes
- September 20160919-LSC-Minutes
- November 20162116-LSC-Minutes
2015 (whole year) 2015-LSC-Minutes
EHS participates in other safety and compliance committees such as:
- International Risk Management Committee
- Institutional Biosafety Committee
- Football Planning Group
- Emergency Management Steering Committee
- Campus Committee on the Environment
- Campus Compliance Committee
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Safety Committee
- Environmental Compliance Team
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
- Institutional Review Board
- Radiation Safety Committee
- Traffic & Parking Authority
- Personal Safety Committee