Introduction
Our company is committed to accident prevention in order to protect the safety and health of all our employees. Injury and illness losses due to hazards are needless, costly and preventable. To prevent these loses, a joint management/worker safety committee will be established. Employee involvement in accident prevention and support of safety committee members and activities is necessary to ensure a safe and healthful workplace for all employees.
Purpose
The purpose of our safety committee is to bring workers and management together in a non-adversarial, cooperative effort to promote safety and health in the workplace. The safety committee will assist management and make recommendations for change.
Organization
There shall be, in most cases, an equal number of employee and employer representatives. However, there may be more employee representatives than employer representative if both groups agree. Employee representatives shall be volunteers or elected by their peers. If no employees volunteer or are elected, then they may be appointed by management. Employer representatives will be appointed. Safety committee members will serve a continuous term of at least one year. Committee membership terms will be staggered so that at least one experienced member is always on the committee.