{"id":32951,"date":"2008-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/09\/22\/new-employee-safety-committee-formed\/"},"modified":"2008-09-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T05:00:00","slug":"new-employee-safety-committee-formed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/09\/22\/new-employee-safety-committee-formed\/","title":{"rendered":"New employee safety committee formed"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nThe newly formed UNMC Employee Safety Committee will meet quarterly and aims to promote a safe working environment at the medical center.
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\n<\/TABLE>UNMC has formed a new employee safety committee to focus on safety issues and concerns of students and staff, UNMC Director of Business Services Keith Swarts has announced. <\/p>\n

The committee is composed of staff employees and management employees from various units on campus. <\/p>\n

The committee meets quarterly and aims to promote a safe working environment with employee involvement. <\/p>\n

It will give employees a direct voice in addressing safety concerns throughout the campus. <\/p>\n

The employee safety committee will help communicate information, field employee concerns, investigate accidents and concerns and help develop new or improve methods for providing a safe workplace.<\/p>\n

“With all the growth and development on campus, it is very important that we all make safety a part of our jobs,” UNMC Safety Manager John Hauser said. “The Employee Safety Committee will help increase safety awareness and provide another avenue to indentify and address concerns.” <\/p>\n

The UNMC Employee Safety Committee members and their e-mail addresses are: <\/p>\n