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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLOSS PREVENTION - 07/10/2008 - MEETING MINUTES i RECEIVED AUG 0 4 2008 � DATE: July 10, 2008 VILLAUL ',Lr_nn's OFFICE TO: Ray Rummel, Village Manager All Department Heads i FROM: Loss Prevention Committee SUBJECT: Loss Prevention .Committee Meeting Minutes — July 10, 2008 The meeting was called to order at 8:40 A.M. at the Village Hall. Present: Jack Gray, Chairman Scott Miller, Deputy Fire Chief Diane Hunter, Finance Department Secretary Karen Turner, Loss Prevention Secretary Excused: William Zimmerman, Commander Police Department Pam Kuc, Housing Inspector The minutes were approved for the meeting of May 8, 2008. Review Current Reports: Tabled Reports: None Old Business: Emergency & Tornado Evacuation Plan given to all Department Heads and now in effect. There may be a drill in July or August 2008. New Business: The Committee raised the question regarding adding/deleting employees to the On The Job Injury Reports. Jack Gray will follow up with Human Resources. Regarding the Job Entry Screen (via Intranet) — Does spell check work? I I Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 2 of 14 Driver Refresher Training: Scott Cordova F-10 Fire Joseph McEnery F-14 Fire Efren Pelayo P-26 Police Matthew Victor W-2 Utilities Next Scheduled Meeting: September 11, 2008 Adiournment: 9:51 A.M. Submitted by: Approved by: e&tz- 7&Z"­�.- Karen Turner ck Gray _ Loss Prevention Secretary Loss P vention Chairma continued . . i I i I Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting � Page 3 of 14 I Review of Current of Reports S-5 BOB COOKE — PUBLIC WORKS 01/30/08 Description of Incident: While plowing, the strobe light was struck by tree branches. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Ensure that property owners properly maintain these trees or have Village personnel trim the trees and back charge the property owner for the work performed. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur P-21 SGT. JENSEN - POLICE DEPT 02/15/08 Reported by Description of Incident: On 2/15/08 at approximately 3:00 P.M., minor damage consisting of a scratch and dent were located on the lower portion of the front passenger side door of squad 240. The damage was documented in the squad damage report book. i Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: i I DNA I LPC Comments & Recommendations: i The last person using the car should be accountable. That individual is not documented on the Report. i I Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 4 of 14 P-22 COMDR. NOWACKI — POLICE DEPT 03/10/08 Reported b Description of Incident: On 7/11/08, in preparation of the move to the temporary Police facility, equipment was boxed up. During the end of the year inventory, it was discovered that Trijicon ACOG rifle scope (serial #11452) was missing. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: To avoid and/or reduce the chance of a reoccurrence of this nature, it is recommended during the next move that the number of individuals involved in the process should be reduced. This should help increase and maintain accountability of the equipment. Adequate secured space should also be made available at the relocated location to handle the storage of all the equipment so the chance of leaving items unsecured are eliminated completely. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur P-23 OFFICER MCINTYRE — POLICE DEPT 04/13/08 Description of.lncident: Ofc. McIntyre was investigating a motor vehicle accident with a suspected intoxicated driver. He placed the PBT (portable breath test) on the hood of his car and failed to secure it, leaving it on the hood of the vehicle. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: In the future, taking in account any officer safety issues, Officer McIntyre should secure his equipment immediately. Officer McIntyre could have simply placed the PBT in one of his cargo pants pockets prior to placing the subject under arrest. Prior to leaving any scene, officers must ensure that all equipment is accounted for. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Concur Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 5 of 14 F-10 SCOTT CORDOVA — FIRE DEPT 04/16/08 Description of Incident: A-10 turned on to the access road between St. 7 and Walgreens. Construction crane was parked in the.lane beside St. 7 so A-10 pulled up behind the crane. A-10 waited for oncoming traffic to clear so it could pull around the parked crane and pass it. After traffic cleared, A-10 began to pull into left lane. A-10 failed to clear a piece of steel rigging that was hanging off the back of the crane. As the ambulance pulled forward, the rigging scraped along the passengers side of the ambulance box just below the roofline. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Don't allow construction equipment to block the entrance to the rear of station 7. Perhaps a wider turn would have been in order if the room on the street existed. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Driver Refresher Course P-24 POLICE DEPT 04/17/08 Description of Incident: Employee was walking S/B on the sidewalk parallel to Wellington Avenue heading into the Village Hall 903 door from the parking lot when a motorist pulled over and asked for directions. This caused some distraction and when employee put their right foot down to stop and talk, employee's right foot was only half on the sidewalk causing the right foot to quickly bend over to the right at a 90-degree angle. After some pain and swelling started, the employee was sent for an exam and it was determined that there was a small fibula fracture (of right lower leg). Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Check surroundings before walking and limit distractions if possible, also raise level of turf to be more level with the sidewalk. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 6 of 14 P-25 OFFICER TORRES — POLICE DEPT 04/18/08 Description of Incident: Officer Torres had initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle on Devon Ave. in front of 1200 Devon EGV. He was out of his vehicle talking to the driver of the vehicle he had stopped when he heard tires_squealing. He looked back to observe a pickup truck strike the rear of his stopped squad #223. It was noted that Officer Torres had his full emergency equipment activated at the time of the incident. Follow-up investigation at the scene resulted in the arrest of the driver of the vehicle, which struck the rear of squad #223; for drunk driving. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Officer Torres properly positioned his vehicle to affect the safest traffic stop possible. Officer Torres acted within Police Department protocol and violated no department policy or procedure. Short of relocating the stop that was not practical in this incident, there was nothing Officer Torres could have done to predict or prevent this incident. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur F-11 AL VRSHEK — FIRE DEPT 04/22/08 Reported by Description of Incident: A crack in the windshield .was noticed on April 22, 2008. The crack location is on the lower right side of the windshield. It is unknown as to how the crack occurred. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: These types of damages to vehicles are difficult to impossible to prevent. The condition of the roads this year are much worse than in recent past years. Small debris becomes airborne very easily. i I LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur i I i it Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 7 of 14 P-26 OFFICER PELAYO — POLICE DEPT 04/23/08 Description of Incident: Officer Pelayo was backing westbound from Elmhurst Road onto the entrance drive of 1124 Elmhurst Road in order to park there and monitor traffic. While backing, the rear of Squad 238 struck a steel pole along the edge of the drive. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Instead of backing from the roadway onto the driveway, Officer Pelayo could have driven forward into the parking lot and circled around to park on the entrance drive to face the roadway. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Driver Refresher Course W-2 MATTHEW VICTOR - UTILITIES 05/02/08 Description of Incident: While backing 820 into parking stall (passenger side rear) made contact with driver's side 818 front fender. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: If not sure of how much clearance he has when backing up, he could wait and have someone guide him back. I LPC Comments & Recommendations: Driver Refresher Course i Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 8 of 14 P-27 POLICE DEPT 05/25/08 Description of Incident: While attempting to apprehend an offender of a battery, employee lunged toward the suspect as he ran away, causing a strain in the stomach area. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: This injury occurred in the performance of duty while attempting to affect an arrest. No recommendations. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur F-12 FIRE DEPT 05/19/08 Description of Incident: Firefighter stated he/she didn't have any specific time or situation when the injury occurred. The sudden onset of lower back pain occurred while performing station duties. The lower back had become worse throughout the day. Firefighter came to me and advised he/she felt he/she would be unable to perform duties because of the pain. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Employee should try to protect his back from further injury and follow doctor's advice. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur i I I Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for Jul 10 2008 Meeting July et g Page 9 of 14 F-13 FRED HANSELMAN — FIRE DEPT 05/25/08 Description of Incident: Firefighter dropped the camera while at the scene trying to get the camera to work. The film compartment door will not stay closed. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Hold on to the camera better and/or use neck strap. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur F-14 JOSEPH MCENERY — FIRE DEPT 05/28/08 Description of Incident: Responding to a call —while driving on the left shoulder to move past traffic, the driver's side roof gutter was scratched by a road sign. Driver allowed for clearance of mirror past post, but large overhead sign, being out of sight caused scratch to the paint and rear chevron decal. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Stop in traffic and wait for the light to change and traffic to clear. This would prevent them from having to pass on the shoulder of the road. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Driver Refresher Course I Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 10 of 14 S-6 KEVIN FIDORUK- PUBLIC WORKS 05/30/08 Description of Incident: Kevin was cleaning off storm sewer grates that requires the tailgate to be in the down or flat position for height reasons. As Kevin went back to the yard to dump when the dump body went up in the air it came down against the trailer hitch and bent the top of the tailgate itself. This has happened many times before so we are going to take off the permanent hitch and put on a removable telescopic one. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Remove the permanent trailer hitch on the truck and replace it with a mobile hitch or a telescopic removable hitch so it can be removed when not hauling a trailer. This way it will be out of the way of the dump body all together. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur S-7 TOM CECH — PUBLIC WORKS 05/31/08 Description of Incident: Village cell phone and leather case lost at theater or restaurant. Replaced at ($0) cost to EGV because we had an extra phone & case— value of phone $75.00 — value of case $25.00. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: No supervisor comments. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur I i Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 11 of 14 DOUGLAS SIMPSON — FIRE DEPT 06/01/08 F-15 Description of Incident: While coming off the football field service drive and transporting a patient to the hospital, the driver's side rear mud flap caught on the curb. The mud flap was torn from its bracket. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Better placement of fire department vehicles. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur P-23 KATHRYN ENDRE — POLICE DEPT 06/03/08 Reported b Description of Incident: An unknown offender shattered the front windshield of the vehicle while it was parked and unattended in the parking lot of Wickstrom Chevrolet. The damage occurred sometime between 06/03/08 and 06/04/08. The vehicle was parked and unattended. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: This was a crime of opportunity. Roselle PD reports that two neighboring commercial businesses also suffered from criminal activity during the same time frame. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 12 of 14 P-29 POLICE DEPARTMENT 6/5/08 Description of Incident: Employee was in training class at the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy at the College of DuPage to learn about pepper spray. As part of the training, employee was sprayed in the face area with the pepper spray by a training instructor to learn how it affects a person. Employee then suffered from chemical conjunctivitis in both eyes and also suffered a corneal abrasion in the left eye. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Since this is a required part of a Police Academy Training class, this physical injury is not necessarily avoidable. As a suggestion, the trainees may not need to take as much of a "hit" with the pepper spray in order to learn how it affects people. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Suggestion made by the Committee that in the future, perhaps the Academy could use a diluted version of the pepper spray. P-30 SGT. NAUMANN — POLICE DEPT Submitted on Reported by 6/13/08 Description of Incident: Vehicle #258 was dropped off for service at the Meachum Public Works garage on Friday, 06/13/2008. While it was in for service, the plastic front splash pan and lower bumper was discovered cracked and loose. It was unknown when or where this damage occurred. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: i Be careful approaching parking lot blocks or high curbs. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur I Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 13 of 14 P-31 SGT. HANSEN - POLICE DEPT 06112/08 Reported b Description of Incident: Police squad #233 was in for monthly servicing at fleet services when it was discovered the right front rim was dented. The mechanic servicing the squad stated he visually inspected and also test-drove the squad indicating that at this time, the contact damage did not extend beyond the rim. No apparent induced damage. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Driver needs to be more alert. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur P-32 FRANK GOTTARDO — POLICE DEPT 06/14/08 Description of Incident: Officer Gottardo did not notice any damage to the window during his vehicle inspection at the start of his tour. Ofc. Gottardo returned to the PD, and when he rolled up the front passenger side window, he noticed a small crack. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: None at this time. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur i Loss Prevention Committee Minutes for July 10, 2008 Meeting Page 14 of 14 F-16 FIRE DEPT 06118/08 Description of Incident: Employee was assisting in the packaging and lifting of a DOA when employee felt a pull in the groin. Employee completed the task and once back at the station, noticed discomfort. We took the engine OOS and took employee to the ER at ABMC for an exam. The DR stated employee did not have a hernia and was able to return to work. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Employee followed all proper lift techniques in this incident, this was unpreventable. LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur P-33 SGT. GASPARI — POLICE DEPT 06/17/08 Reported b Description of Incident: Enough force was used when opening door to cause the handle to strike the wall, creating a hole in the gypsum board. Supervisor's Comments & Recommendations: Install a doorstop along the wall to prevent a reoccurrence. I LPC Comments & Recommendations: Concur I i I