Report 2017-119 Recommendation 35 Responses
Report 2017-119: California State University: It Has Not Provided Adequate Oversight of the Safety of Employees and Students Who Work With Hazardous Materials (Release Date: April 2018)
Recommendation #35 To: Sonoma State University
To ensure the health and safety of employees working with hazardous materials, Sonoma should, by June 2018, review the training records of all employees who are required to take trainings related to laboratory safety, hazardous waste, hazard communication, or bloodborne pathogens and identify those who have not taken these trainings.
1-Year Agency Response
In response to the audit recommendation, SSU has assembled a training matrix outlining the type of safety training an employee needs to complete based on the job classification and potential hazards/exposures.
- Completion Date: April 2019
- Response Date: April 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented
Sonoma provided evidence demonstrating that it identified the employees who are required to take trainings related to laboratory safety, hazardous waste, hazard communication, or bloodborne pathogens and identified those who have not taken these trainings.
6-Month Agency Response
The university has reviewed our training records of all employees who are required to take training related to laboratory safety, hazardous waste, hazard communication, or blood borne pathogens and identified all employees required to take the training.
- Completion Date: June 2018
- Response Date: October 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
Sonoma did not provide any documentation to support its claim that it has fully implemented this recommendation.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
60-Day Agency Response
The university has reviewed our training records of all employees who are required to take training related to laboratory safety, hazardous waste, hazard communication, or blood borne pathogens and identified all employees required to take the training.
- Completion Date: June 2018
- Response Date: June 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
Until Sonoma provides evidence demonstrating that all employees required to take the specified trainings have done so, we will continue to report this recommendation as not fully implemented.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
All Recommendations in 2017-119
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.