Health and Occupational Safety Committee

Appointed by the Provost

The Health and Occupational Safety Committee encourages and supports a proactive approach to health and occupational safety by developing and recommending policies and procedures relating to students, faculty and staff of the university community as well as visitors to the campus. The committee considers campus accident reports, lost time accidents, traffic accident patterns and fires, and investigates serious accidents as dictated by the Arkansas Department of Labor.

The committee is comprised of four faculty members, one faculty at large, one each from the College of Engineering, the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences; seven staff representatives, one representative each from the Pat Walker Health Center, Facilities Management, University of Arkansas Police Department, Division of Agriculture, University Housing, Risk Management, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, and Staff Senate; two student representatives, appointed each year by the Associated Student Government president; ex officio non-voting members who may designate representatives, the associate vice chancellor for Human Resources, the occupational safety coordinator for campus safety, campus fire marshal, the manager of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, and the agricultural safety officer. 

The chair, to be selected from the faculty representatives, is elected by the committee members. The occupational safety coordinator for campus safety acts as secretary of the committee, works with the chair to schedule meetings and arranges for the recording and distribution of minutes.

Kaitlin Gallagher Faculty at Large, Committee Chair 2026
Tom Spicer Faculty
College of Engineering
2025
Matt McIntosh Faculty
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
2025
Ryan Dickson Faculty
Division of Agriculture/Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences
2025
Sue Howerton Staff
Pat Walker Health Center
2025
Kelley Sharp Staff
Facilities Management
2026
Stephen Gahagans Director
University of Arkansas Police Department
2026
John Swenson Staff
Division of Agriculture
2026
Brent Schlotfeldt Staff
University Housing
2025
Houston Hopkins Risk Management Program Coordinator 2026
Jeff Barnett Department of Intercollegiate Athletics 2026
Jen Boyer Staff
Staff Senate
2025
Ahmed Tolba Student representative 2025
Jessica Doss Student representative 2025
Michelle Hargis Wolfe Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources ** Ex-Officio
Richard Ashworth Manager
Environmental Health and Safety**
Ex-Officio
Wayne Brashear Campus Fire Marshal** Ex-Officio
Danielle Best Occupational Safety Coordinator for Campus Safety** Ex-Officio
Christine Bryant Agricultural Safety Officer ** Ex-Officio
* - Ex-Officio
** - Ex-Officio, Non-voting

Updated:
07/09/2024
06/19/2024
03/29/2024
12/06/2023
10/25/2023
09/26/2023
08/24/2023
09/07/2022
07/12/2021
12/18/2020
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11/22/2019
02/28/2019