Occupational Health and Safety
The aim of this web site is to allow you to see selected parts of TRU's Health and Safety Manual. The information on these pages is generic and is applicable to all areas of TRU. Safety matters/concerns that are specific to certain divisions of TRU are included in their own Safety Manual. All Safety Manuals are not identical - some are expanded to meet specific departmental requirements.
Departmental Safety Manuals are available to all Faculty and Staff. In addition Student Representatives on departmental Safety Committees have access to their departmental Manual.
If there are questions resulting from these pages please call Health and Safety (local 5805 or 5139) to ask for clarification.
The Occupational Health and Safety Department is a division of the Human Resources Department. Offices are located in the Old Main Building, accessed through the Health Clinic, OM1461.
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Speed Watch 2011
Kamloops Speed Watch is a partnership involving volunteer citizens, the RCMP, ICBC, and the City of Kamloops and is designed to help reduce speed related crashes by raising awareness of the actual speeds drivers are traveling. Speed Watch volunteers use portable radar equipment and electronic digital boards to monitor drivers' speeds and provide instant visual feedback to these drivers as to how fast they are traveling.
http://www.kamloops.ca/safercity/about/speedwatch.shtml
TRU's Health & Safety department invited Speed Watch to campus as a safety initiative. On Oct 29 Speed Watch volunteers observed 500 vehicles over 4 hours between noon and 4pm - 218 at the West Gate entrance and 282 at East Gate - the results were very interesting.
At their West Gate location they noted 55% of drivers obeying the posted 30 km/h speed limit, 24% were up to 10 km/h over the limit, 19% were 11-20 km/h over the limit and 1.5% were driving at higher than 21 km/h over the limit. The highest speed observed was 76 km/h.
Over at the East Gate entrance they noted that a larger percentage of drivers were exceeding the speed limit. Only 38% drove within the limit, while 39% were up to 10 km/h over, 19% were 11-20 km/h over and 5% were more than 21 km/h over the limit. The highest speed observed was 57 km/h.
It seems however that while many drivers were exceeding the speed limit, most have got the message about using their cell phones while driving - less than 5% of drivers were seen using their cell phones while driving.
This highlights the need for all drivers to slow down, drive the speed limit and watch for pedestrians.
With the weather conditions making driving treacherous at times it is even more important to slow down and drive for the road conditions.
Speed Watch will be returning in the Spring.
Occupational Health and Safety Department Staff
Stacey Jyrkkanen
Manager
Room OM1474
Phone: 1-250-371-5805
Fax: 1-250-371-5966
sjyrkkanen@tru.ca |
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Gordon Maurits
Safety Officer
Room OM1479
Phone: 1-250-828-5139
Fax: 1-250-371-5966
gmaurits@tru.ca |
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