Safety Committees

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Safety Committees
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EVERY SAFETY COMMITTEE SHALL

• Be composed of employee and employer
  representatives and hold regularly scheduled
  meetings, at least once every four months.
• Be of sufficient size and number to provide for
  effective representation of the workforce.
• Have more than one safety committee for employers
  with multiple sites.
• Include in its employee membership volunteers or
  members elected by their peers.

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EVERY SAFETY COMMITTEE SHALL

• Include safety committee activities that assist
  the employer in fact finding.
• Assessing controlling hazards
• Assessing safety training awareness topics
• Communication with employees regarding safety
  committee activities
• Developing safety rules, policies and procedures
• Educating employees on safety related topics
• Evaluating the safety program on a regular basis
• Inspecting the workplace
• Keeping job specific training current
• Motivating employees to create a safety culture
  in the workplace
• Reviewing incidents of workplace accidents,
  injuries illnesses

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Safety Meetings

• Accident and Hazard Reporting
• Near Miss Reporting
• Confined Spaces
• Fire Safety
• Emergency Procedures
• Ergonomics
• First Aid
• Walking/Working Surfaces
• Lockout/Tagout
• PPE
• Fall Protection
• JHA

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Safety Committee

• Anyone can start a safety committee, but, to be
  effective, the committee must accomplish the
  following
• Begin with management commitment.
• Be accountable for achieving its goals.
• Involve employees in achieving its goals.
• Identify workplace hazards.
• Review reports of accidents and near misses.
• Keep accurate records of committee activities.
• Evaluate its strengths and weaknesses.

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Safety Committee

• There is a difference between a safety committee
  and a safety meeting
• A safety committee is an organizational structure
  where members represent a group
• This gives everyone a voice but keeps the meeting
  size to an effective number of participants

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Safety Committee

• A safety meeting includes all employees and a
  management person is there to ensure that issues
  are addressed
• Typically, the safety committee is an effective
  safety management tool for a larger employer
• safety meetings are more effective for a smaller
  employer

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Safety Committee
GETTING STARTED

• Update your companys SH policy
• Understand a safety committees seven essential
  activities
• Determine how many representatives will serve on
  the committee
• Determine who will serve on the committee
• Set practical goals for the committee
• Train representatives
• Hold regular meetings

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Seven Essential Activities

• Anyone can start a safety committee, but, to be
  effective, the committee must accomplish the
  following
• Begin with management commitment
• Be accountable for achieving goals
• Involve employees in achieving goals
• Identify workplace hazards
• Review reports of accidents near misses
• Keep accurate records of committee activities
• Evaluate strengths weaknesses

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Safety Committee
EVALUATION

• Evaluation answers the question Are we
  effective?
• Effective safety committees periodically evaluate
  their strengths and weaknesses, and the
  evaluation helps them set new goals.
• At least once a year
• Schedule a half-day safety committee meeting to
  identify the committees achievements of the past
  12 months.
• Review essential activities.
• Set goals for the next 12 months.

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SAFETY CULTURE

• Utilize employees interest and knowledge for
  effective growth of a safety culture.
• An environment where everyone
• Takes responsibility for personal safety and
  safety of others!
• Follows all safety rules!
• Makes suggestions to improve safety!
• Promptly reports accidents, losses and unsafe
  conditions!

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QUESTIONS
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