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707 Effective OSH Committee Meetings
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Plan the Work: Work the Plan

There are some basic "best practices" when it comes to running a safety committee meeting.

How to Conduct Effective Meetings

The following is a suggested order of business that may be adopted for safety committee meetings in general:

  1. Thank everyone for coming. Before you start, thank members and guests for attending the meeting.
  2. Call the meeting to order. The meeting should be called to order promptly at the appointed time.
  1. Note attendance. The recorder can make a note of who is present and absent. Large safety committees may want to conduct a roll call.
  1. Introduce visitors. No one likes to feel left out at a meeting. Make sure visiting employees, managers, presenters and other guests are recognized and thanked for attending.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

4-2. After the committee chair calls the meeting to order, the recorder should _____.

  • introduce visitors