Report 2017-119 Recommendation 64 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 #64 To: San Diego, California State University
San Diego should immediately develop and implement a plan to ensure that it consistently completes its flushes of eyewashes and showers monthly as state regulations require.
1-Year Agency Response
Emergency eyewash and showers are now flushed on a monthly basis. Facilities Services' written plan and procedures include: an inventory of eyewash stations with identifying asset tag numbers, a sample Preventive Maintenance Work Order and Corrective Action Work Order reports from the AiM system, and samples of Eye Wash Shower Inspection Records affixed to equipment.
- Completion Date: March 2019
- Response Date: April 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented
6-Month Agency Response
Emergency eyewash and showers are currently flushed on a monthly basis as required. A written plan was developed and was implemented by Facilities Services.
- Completion Date: June 2018
- Response Date: October 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Partially Implemented
San Diego provided a memo from its EH&S associate director stating that a meeting took place between EH&S and Facilities Services to finalize their discussion about implementing a plan to ensure it flushes emergency eyewash and shower stations monthly as state regulations require. The memo also describes how Facilities Services assigns the monthly flush work and that it will report deficiencies to EH&S. However, San Diego did not provide evidence it followed through with this plan. Accordingly, we assess this recommendation as partially implemented.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
60-Day Agency Response
Emergency eyewash and showers are currently flushed on a monthly basis as required. Written plan is in progress and is being developed by Facilities Services.
- Estimated Completion Date: September 2018
- Response Date: June 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2017-119
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.