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Why Safety Committee?

Why Safety Committee?. purpose of a safety committee is to bring workers and management together in a non-adversarial, cooperative effort to promote safety and health in each workplace Promoting employees' interests in health and safety issues

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Why Safety Committee?

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  1. Why Safety Committee? • purpose of a safety committee is to bring workers and management together in a non-adversarial, cooperative effort to promote safety and health in each workplace • Promoting employees' interests in health and safety issues • assists the employer and makes recommendations for change • Assignment specific topic • Promoting employees' interests in health and safety issues • Training in specific areas of responsibilities • Monitor outcomes – participation %

  2. Responsibilities of the Safety Committee member. Lead by example. Be pro-active, other employees wait to see what your reaction will be. 100 % Production operator Attend all meetings. Your attendance makes your committee strong Complete all assignments. Your committee counts on you! Time Management in assignments. Input is required. Your ideas make a differences Safety Committee Members - BE PROUD!

  3. Conducts monthly audits/inspections Safety Committee Structure Coordinates safety awareness/games/wins Conducts all incidents investigation General Manager Safety Director representative from each group. Process employee suggestions Ergonomics upgrades

  4. Safety Activities Planning Special Events with Safety as the topic. Calendars of Events Yearly Safety training recommendations Incident Investigations Conduct all incidents investigations Monthly reports Monitor TCIR and DART rates by month. Up date your form Safety Committee Groups

  5. Ergonomics & Safety Suggestions Group Program for employees to submit a suggestion. Investigate the suggestion Work with Engineering Dept. Track all suggestions Audits & Housekeeping Coordinate all audits conducted in the facility. Measure results of audits and post. Monitor results YTD. Safety Committee Groups cont.

  6. Safety Committee Goal & Objectives • Being a part of the solution – not the problem • Safety Awareness Improvement • Leading by example • Employee participation on projects • Safety Training up grades • Mentoring with other facilities

  7. Employee involvement is how employers can get their safety cultures to be bought into. How they really make a lasting impact in safety and health is by getting people involved,” he said. “Some of the things I have seen safety committees do have been just incredible, because the employer is allowing the employees to start driving aspects of the safety programs. Once that happens, I tell employers, ‘Hang on, you’re going for a ride. They’re going to take you to places you didn’t believe you could get to. Thomas J. Bukowski National Safety Council Former associate editor

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