Training in Hazard Identification and Control
To be effective, safety committee members must know basic hazard identification and control concepts and methods. We will cover this topic briefly below. A more in-depth discussion is available in OSHAcademy Course 704 Hazard Analysis and Control.
One of your duties as a safety committee member might be conducting regular walk-around safety inspections for hazard identification and control. Safety inspections can effectively spot workplace hazards, but only if the people inspecting know what they're looking for and ask the right questions.
Sometimes, safety inspections consist of one person walking all over the place looking for hazards without really knowing what to look for. Occasionally, the inspector might ask an employee if they have any "safety complaints," only to receive a quick "no," so the person can get back to work. You can imagine that such an inspection ends up a waste of the inspector's time and the employer's money.
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4-5. An effective safety committee member will have at least a basic knowledge of which topic?
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