Risk Assesment

Risk Elimination and Safety Committee

This committee focuses on the emerging issues of health and safety for employees working in the office, support services, and industrial, maintenance/construction work environments. The support services work environment consists of activities that are conducted outside of the office environment, usually involve public contact, may involve hazardous materials (examples: Department of Public Safety, Department of Environment, Health and Safety, Material Support, and Housekeeping).

Duties and responsibilities:

Analyze the agency’s work injury and illness statistical records related to hazards management.

Conduct inspections of worksites at least annually and in response to complaints regarding safety or health hazards.

Conduct interviews with employees in conjunction with inspections of the workplace

Review agency’s training records to ensure compliance with regulatory training requirements.

Conduct meetings at least once every three months. Maintain written minutes of such meeting and send copy to each committee member. Copy of minutes shall be posted in the appropriate workplace.

Make written recommendations on behalf of the committee to the agency head.

EHS issues in the support service, office, maintenance, construction, learning and campus living environments.

Other EHS issues that do not occur in laboratory or clinic environments, such as small shops.

Review EHS survey program findings for non-laboratories (HMP).

Other broad EHS issues such as slips, trips, falls and property risks.

Planning the Meeting

Plan the meeting with management and worker representatives, including prioritizing the topics that should be covered and when and where the meeting will be held. Send the agenda and other relevant committee information to committee members and other interested parties at least five days prior to the meeting. Review minutes from the last meeting and check on the status of any pending actions. Review any concerns and suggestions from workers or supervisors so they can be brought to the committee.

ROLES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEES

Accident/Incident Investigations : Investigate accidents, including their root causes. Establish procedures for reviewing reports of all safety incidents, including accidents, illnesses and deaths. Review accident/incident reports and make recommendations for appropriate corrective action. Develop systems for reporting accidents and “near misses.”

Safety and Health Planning : Ensure laboratory workers attend laboratory safety training given by EHS. Ensure laboratory workers understand how to work with chemicals safely. Provide chemical and procedure-specific training, as needed. Provide laboratory workers with appropriate engineering controls and personal protective equipment needed to work safely with hazardous materials. Ensure such equipment is used correctly. Ensure laboratory workers complete and submit Particularly Hazardous Substance Use Approval forms and submit them for approval before using any particularly hazardous substance. Review and approve work with particularly hazardous substances.

Establish procedures to review inspection reports.: Recommend and track new safety and health rules and work practices. Review proposed equipment purchases and make recommendations. Regularly review and evaluate the employer’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). Develop a tracking system that enables the committee to monitor progress on safety issues.

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Risk Elimination and Safety Committee

Duties and responsibilities:

Planning the Meeting

ROLES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEES

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