safety commitee meeting
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Safety committees are a key part of safety in the workplace. They
accomplish several things:
• Central focus. A centralised Committee at corporate level.
• Sounding board. Site committee that is specific to the site
requirements and is a visible and approachable body for safety or
health complaints, suggestions, and the like.
• Total participation. All sections including worker participation and
consultation is imperative to make the exercise purposeful and
productive.
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Management has the ultimate responsibility for
Occupation related safety and health. Through its
Field level Executives, managers and supervisors it
establishes the program and enforces safety rules.
Safety committee also has an important role in
ensuring that confidence is installed among people –
employees, contract personnel and visitors.
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Organizations defines the role of the safety committee, that includes:
• Review of HIRA &• Incident /accident - capturing and its Investigation • Review, enforcement & monitoring the established safety
precautions and rules• Review and investigation of near misses - unsafe conditions
and acts• PPE management & Enforcement• Status for effectiveness of actions taken• Safety suggestions, safety audit results.
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• Accident and Hazard Reporting
• Confined Spaces
• Fire Safety
• Emergency Procedures
• Ergonomics
• First Aid
• Walking/Working Surfaces
• Lockout/Tagout
• PPE
• Fall Protection
• Job Hazard Analysis
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• Investigate accidents.
• Accident and Incident reports the findings and
recommendations to management.
• Identify the near misses.
• Selection of chairperson and a secretary
• prepared agenda
• Safety committees to meet at planned intervalssonce in
• Minutes Circulations
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An effective safety committee ensures
1.Safety awareness
2.Safety program
3.Safety practices.
4.Feedback mechanism to identify and correct new safety
hazards.
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• Set a good example. Committee members must set a
good example.
• Be visible. Names of safety committee members should
be posted prominently in their departments.
• Report unsafe conditions. What will the committee's role
be in reporting unsafe machinery and conditions and
hazardous acts?
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The Following Reports.
1.unsafe acts and conditions
2."open door policy" inviting safety members to come to
him or her with their suggestions.
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Minutes:— written summary of efforts— names of attendees— number of absentees— responsibilities for implementation assigned— timing of implementation assigned— cost of implementation— any approvals required— completed recommendations— uncompleted recommendations— accident review— safety training activities— issued within 48 hours of the meeting
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Departmental Safety meeting
Competition
Suggestion
Audit
Training including outsourced activities Safety day celebration
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