Overview:

Safety is a non-delegable duty - but managers cannot be everywhere all the time. A safety committee adds capability to your safety effort - more focus, more eyes and ears, more places - at no extra $$$. A Safety Committee is a joint employer and employee group established at a workplace for the purpose of workplace safety and incident reduction and prevention.

Why you should attend: In addition to current and pending legal compliance, safety committees are a key part of safety in the workplace.

They accomplish several things:

• Central focus: Committees which represent all functions or departments allow the organization to take an overall look at safety requirements and to foresee problems that might otherwise cause difficulties.
  
• Sounding board: The committee is a visible and approachable body for safety or health complaints, suggestions, and the like.
  
• Central coordination: With management direction, much of the coordination of safety training activities can be accomplished by the safety committee.

Without employee buy-in safety programs don't work.

Areas Covered In the Session:

• OSHA and Safety Committees
  
• Why have a safety committee
  
• Myths about Safety Committees
  
• $ Value of Safety
  
• Defining the role of your Safety Committee?
  
• Setting Goals for the Safety Committee
  
• Practical issues in running a Safety Committee
  
• Obtaining commitment
  
• Safety Culture and the Safety Committee
  
• Benefits to members for serving on a Safety Committee
  
• Training the Safety Committee
  
• Committee Do's and Don'ts
  
• How a Safety Committee can gain credibility
  
• Examples of Committee Activities
  
• How to measure success

Who will benefit:

• Business Managers
  
• Department or Unit managers
  
• Human Resources
  
• Safety Managers
  
• Risk Executives