Town of Bristol

Joint Loss Management Committee Meeting

DRAFT

Thursday, October 8, 2009 – 12:00 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.

Attendance

Committee Members Present:             Christina McClay, Jeff Chartier, John Clark, Gylene Salmon, Steve Yannuzzi, Ken Pelletier, Ben LaRoche, and Dan Lancaster.

Committee Members Absent:             Mark Bucklin, Paul Weston, and Peggy Petraszewski.

Minutes

The minutes of July 23, 2009 were reviewed. Steve made a motion to accept the minutes as written, Ben seconded the motion, the motion passed.

New Business

There were no Workers Compensation claims to review. Discussion followed on the need for each department to submit the required forms to the JLMC for review. Gylene provided the forms to those in attendance. Gylene will also email the forms to department heads.

Gylene briefed the JLMC on the upcoming state inspection being done on all town facilities on October 19, 2009. Discussion followed on each department being responsible to make sure that employee work zones are safe and free of clutter, loose wires and that the emergency escape routes are posted. Also discussed were the need to dispose of chairs with only 4 wheels as they are unsafe and the personal use of heaters within the town office building. All buildings also need to make sure that their MDS sheets are up to date for the products at their locations. A lengthy discussion followed on the inspection and the JLMC felt that the inspection should just occur and then address items that are concerning. It was determined that all departments should address all issues that are obvious.

Jeff briefed the JLMC on the fine that the Water & Sewer Department received for their recent violation.

The JLMC discussed the upcoming budget. Christina made a motion to put $5000.00 into the safety budget for 2010 to be used to fix any items that may be violations after the state inspection, Jeff Chartier seconded the motion, the motion passed.

Future trainings were discussed. Christina indicated that LGC can do updated sexual harassment training. Discussion followed on the need to have an annual training for all town employees. The trainings should include sexual harassment/discrimination, blood born pathogens, hazard communication and injury reporting. Discussion followed. Steve made a motion to have this be mandatory one day training for all employees, Gylene seconded the motion, the motion passed. This information will be forwarded to the Town Manager.

The JLMC tabled the discussion on adding Health and Wellness to the JLMC at this time.

Old Business

There were no correspondences to review.

Future on-site inspections will occur after the state inspection. This will allow us to see what violations they may find and what specific items that the JLMC need to address.

The next scheduled JLMC meeting date was set for November 12, 2009 at 12:00 at the Town Hall.

Gylene made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Ben seconded the motion, the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned.  

Respectfully Submitted,

Gylene Salmon, Co-Chairman