Loss Prevention Audit

							 Loss Prevention Audit
            Presented To:

Members of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity

  Delta Upsilon Housing Corporation


            Presented By:

 Blaine Davidson, VP Loss Prevention

               Date:
          February 11, 2004
Introduction:

This report is designed to examine the Delta Upsilon Fraternity house and barn
located at 32 Elliot St, Athens, OH. The report looks at possible hazard areas
within and external to the house for the sake of avoiding potential injury to people
visiting the fraternity house and potential liability to the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.
The report identifies the danger areas and gives possible solutions to the
problems.

Exterior to the house:

Cellar – Currently there is nothing to prevent a person from falling down the set
       of stairs leading to the basement door. There are places for hinges in the
       foundation of the cellar so it can be presumed that there were originally
       cellar doors to prevent such falling.

Solutions:

– Add a pair of doors which can be locked at the top of the steps leading down
     to the basement. This will serve two purposes; prevent someone from
     falling down the stairs and an added measure of security as there is
     currently no way to lock the existing basement door.

Back Yard – There is no source of illumination for the back yard of the house.

Solutions:

– Install a motion detector safety light. This will serve to illuminate the back
      yard and help prevent the possibility of someone tripping or falling and to
      help deter would be burglars from trying to come into the house.


Side Walk and Walkways - There are snow shovels available at the house to
      help in the removal of snow, however there is no salt to help prevent the
      formation of ice and melt already formed ice.

Solutions:

– Purchase Side Walk salt to help prevent ice from accumulating on the side
      walk and walkways.

- Purchase a flat blade hoe. Side Walk Salt is only effective when the
      temperature is approximately 20+ degrees Fahrenheit. A flat bladed hoe
        could be used to break up and remove ice that the snow shovel could not
        and ice that has formed because the temperature is below 20 degrees .

West Side of the House – There are sewer pipes exposed on the west side of
     the house which people could easily trip on.

Solutions:

- Cover the pipes with dirt and grade the yard so that people will be less likely to
      trip when walking through that portion of the property.

-Install a gate at both corners of the house which would prevent people from
        walking through this portion of the property.

Inside the House:

Back Door Exit Sign – There is no sign designating the back door as an exit

Solutions:

- Install an illuminated exit sign above the back door designating it as an exit for
        people in the posterior of the house when an emergency strikes.



Barn:

Exit Signs – As a place of congregation the barn should be equipped with exit
       signs designating proper places to exit the barn.

Solutions:

-Install exit signs designating both doors as exits and a sign on the second floor
        pointing to the exits located on the ground floor.

Fire Extinguisher – The barn should be equipped with at least one fire
      extinguisher in case of a fire.

Solutions:

-Install a fire extinguisher in the second floor of the barn where a fire would be
        most likely to break out because of all of the electrical cords and wiring.