The UW's neglect resulted in Rebecca Griego's death, state officials say.

A Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) citation holds several levels of the UW's bureaucracy remiss in the knowledge and practice of procedures that could have saved Griego's life last April, when her ex-boyfriend brazenly entered Gould Hall and killed her and himself.

"The employer, did not develop, supervise, and enforce the University's Health and Safetly Plan (APP) in a manner that is effective in practice," the citation, issued Tuesday, reads. "As a result employees of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning were exposed to potential risks involving a occurrences [sic] of violence in the workplace..."

The citation calls the incident a serious violation and holds several UW officials neglectful or ignorant of the proper procedures, including the dean of the College of Architecture and Engineering and his employees. The total fine is $2,100.

A safety plan to prevent workplace violence has been in place for sometime, but L&I's investigations found that employees on all levels of the college did not have adequate knowledge of the policies.

"It's not about the fine," said Norm Arkans, UW director of media relations. "L&I had a finding that the department didn't notify the workplace violence assessment team. The people in the college were trying to help. They did everything they thought was right."

The finding is no surprise to University officials, who have already taken steps of their own volition to implement programs that help ensure the safety of the faculty and the student body.

"Things are very different now than they were in April," said Bob Roseth, UW director of the department of news and information. "A lot of these issues have been under discussion. [L&I is] telling us that we need to do things differently, that we need to communicate. We're already trying to accomplish that."

While Roseth admits that employees were inadequately prepared to deal with the situation, he said that proper actions were taken immediately after the incident to help prevent a similar circumstance in the future.

"I think the important thing is that immediately after Rebecca's murder, there was an investigation, both of our policies and how we communicated about issues of safety."

One of the resultsof the investigation was the implementation of the SafeCampus program, including a consultation hotline for domestic and workplace violence and increased education of UW employees in regard to safety policies.

The citation is posted in Gould Hall as mandated by L&I. The fine must be paid or contested in the next two weeks, although the UW has no plan to take action against it.

Anyone who finds themselves in an unsafe situation in school or the workplace is encouraged to call the UW's SafeCampus hotline at (206) 685-SAFE.

[Reach reporter Jeff Tripoli at news@thedaily.washington.edu.]