Purpose

The purpose of the Safety Committee is to reduce the incidence of occupational injury and illness among employees by promoting safety in the workplace in order to provide a safer working environment for all employees and to control the costs of claims for workers' compensation insurance.  

Areas of Responsibility

• Make training and education available to all employees to improve safety awareness on the campus;  
• Conduct annual safety self-inspections (as required by MT statute);  
• Make spending decisions for annual Safety Smart allocation   

• Review workers compensation claims  
• Distribute safety supplies as needed  

Membership

• Staff at large
• Executive Director of Operations
• Facilities Director
• General Studies science faculty or staff members
• GFPS Career & College Readiness Center staff (ex-officio)
• Health Science faculty or staff member
• Human Resource Manager
• Welding faculty or staff members

Term Limits

Faculty members serve a 2-year term.