Safety Committee Membership
The makeup of the committee membership is an important consideration. Safety committees work best when both management and labor are represented.
Other types of committees have also been used successfully for safety and health participation. At many unionized worksites, employee safety committees—with members selected by the union or elected by employees—work alone, without management, on various tasks. At some worksites, hourly workers participate in a central safety committee.
Some worksites also use employee or joint committees for specific purposes, such as inspecting the site for hazards, investigating accidents and incidents, and training new employees. Finally, although they go by a different name, quality circles are another form of committee. They focus at least part of the time on identifying and resolving health and safety problems.
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2-8. Safety committees work best when _____.
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