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Creating a safe working environment is everybody’s
business and it not only benefits you and Duquesne
University, but also fellow co-workers, students,
visitors, and even your family. This program can
help avert injury or property damage from occurring,
prevent fewer people from suffering pain and
medical care, prevent fewer work hours or days
from being missed, and prevent Duquesne University
from spending money to treat injuries or repair
property damage. Accidents do happen, but they
can be prevented by following safe work practices.
We all need to be safety-conscious each and every
day not only while on Duquesne University premises
but at home and while traveling as well.
In order to recognize employees
for working safely, promoting safety and for encouraging
safe work practices, Duquesne University’s
Labor/Management Safety Committee has revised
its Safety Recognition and Incentive Program.
This program is meant to positively reinforce
the benefits of working safely through a proactive
approach of recognition, evaluation and control
of unsafe work practices and hazardous conditions.
Who Is Eligible for
the Program:
All full-time employees
including clerical staff and administrators are
eligible; it is no longer limited to union employees.
The employee must have been
employed by Duquesne University for the entire
fiscal quarter to be eligible for that quarter.
For eligibility purposes, the fiscal quarters
run as follows:
| 1st: July 1st – Sept 30th |
| 2nd: Oct 1st – Dec 31st |
| 3rd: Jan 1st – March 31st |
| 4th: April 1st – June 30th |
The Labor/Management Safety
Incentive Program will be based on the Campus
Safety Suggestion Form submitted for that fiscal
quarter which is considered by the Committee to
greatly improve the environmental health and safety
for University employees, students, visitors and/or
property. In addition, the nominator must have
no accidents or incidents in the fiscal quarter
the Safety Suggestion Form is submitted.
 Campus
Safety Suggestion Form
Winner Selection and Recognition Incentives:
The winners of the best Campus
Safety Suggestion Form will be voted on by the
Labor/Management Safety Committee through a majority
vote. That selection will be final. The name of
the Safety
Suggestion Form submitter will not be available
to the Safety Committee during the vote. The only
items voted on will be the contents of the Safety
Suggestion Form. The Labor/Management Safety Committee
will vote for the top 4 Campus Safety Suggestion
Forms and will vote on the order of winners as
well. The following is a list of the prizes available
for each fiscal quarter:
| 1st - Safe D First Jacket |
| 2nd, 3rd & 4th - Safe D First Shirt |
If no winner(s) have been chosen
for a particular fiscal quarter, the prize amounts
will not roll-over to the next fiscal quarter.
Each prize amounts are only good for each fiscal
quarter. Labor/Management Safety Committee members
are not eligible to participate in this Safety
Incentive Program.
If identical safety suggestions
are proposed for a particular topic, the prize
amounts will be spilt between those submitting
the same suggestion.
All suggestion forms are to
be submitted to the Paul King, Director of Environmental,
Health and Safety, 202 Fisher Hall.
Incidents or accidents resulting in personal injury to any degree or property damage of any kind should be recorded using the Incident/ Accident
Investigation Report Form.
Employees are also strongly encouraged to complete a Report Form forb near misses. |
