CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, March 22, 1985
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Harsh winter caused more accidents
By TAD CLARKE Staff Reporter
The arrival of spring means different things to different people at the University of Kansas. To some it means tanning at Wesco Beach. To others, it means jogging along Javhawk Boulevard.
But to one KU official, it means fewer slips on the ice.
Philip Rankin, chairman of a classified employee safety committee, said earlier this week that he was happy to see no more snowy landscapes. Rankin said a large number of weather-related accidents on campus involving pedestrians were reported in January and February.
Rankin compiles and reviews statistics on accidents involving KU employees — faculty, administration or management. And indent employees — while on the job.
DURING JANUARY, 42 falls on the ice and other mishaps were reported. Of that number, 19 were
caused by snow and ice. Last year, he said, no accidents related to the weather were reported during January and February.
Twelve of the 19 injuries were considered serious, Rankin said. He defined a serious injury as something as bad as a broken ankle or wrist, a dislocated shoulder or a concussion of which were reported this winter.
"Three people aren't back to work yet," he said, "and their injuries occurred in early January."
For February, 19 accidents were reported. Six resulted in serious injuries, and three were related to the weather. Only weather-related one accident was considered serious. Rankin said.
Rankin attributed the higher number of weather-related accidents this year to severe weather during January and February. The first two months of 1984 were relatively mild, and little snow fell, he said.
DICK BIVENS, associate director of housekeeping for facilities operation, said 25 inches of snow fell over a seven-week period this year.
"we usually only get about half that," he said. "It gave us a lot of headaches."
The campus contains about 56 miles of sidewalks and $\psi_{1/2}$ miles of streets, Bivens said, so it takes awhile to clear every sidewalk. Twenty-five workers in the scape department work their facilities as workers begin clearing the snow-covered paths as early as possible, he said.
The number of broken bones reported this year increased from last year, Rankin said. He said he could remember only four injuries that resulted in fractures during past months, both bones were reported this January alone.
DURING 1984, 25 accidents were reported, Rankin said. This represented an increase of 62 from the 1983 figure.
"We've got to do something to turn that around." Rankin said.
He said two safety procedure
manuals had been published since October, informing KU employees how to take better safety precautions at work.
Accidents reported to Rankin included: falling down steps, tripping over telephone cords, cutting fingers with knives and failing to lift heavy objects properly.
"It gets into a wide variety of things," Rankin said. "One person hit himself with a sledgehammer."
On-the-job accidents are partially covered by workers' compensation insurance, said Vickie Thomas, University general counsel.
"We may not be done with it yet," he said, "but we're prepared. We just got in another 10 tons of salt."
Although the calendar says it's spring, winterlike weather still may lie ahead. Bivens said.
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Qurious No. 2013.245.1490
Amendment to code eases grade changes
Professors no longer will have to lie to change students' incomplete grades because of an amendment made to the University Senate Rules and Regulations code by the University Council yesterday.
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The rule used to say that a grade could be changed only when a clerical error was made. It now allows a grade to be changed if the original grade isn't correct or if the grade is incorrect. You complete "I or 'Progress' - P." letter
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An incomplete grade is given to students who have not completed all assignments in a class. Programming students for dissertation hours.
Allan Hanson, chairman of the Academic Policies and Procedures committee, said professors sometimes had to lie and say a clerical error had been made to change a student's grade under the
old rule. Hanson's committee was given the responsibility of amending the rule.
Grades still will have to be filed with the department of educational services, and faculty members still will need to request changes.
Hanson told University Council members that the change was made to avoid ambiguities in the old rule.
Sometimes mistakes other than clerical errors are made that justify the changing of a grade — such as changing an incomplete grade when a student completes all of his work in a class.
University Council members approved the amendment unanimously. The new rule goes into effect immediately.
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