When it comes to occupational safety and health committees, checking the box is not sufficient. Find out if your committee is effective by benchmarking your efforts against an expert’s recommendations. Read the article for details.
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According to Mylene Kellerman of the Florida OSHA consultation program, “A safety committee’s potential value and benefit is only as good as its defined purpose, functions and activities—and follow-through.” Kellerman sees the role of committees as reducing worker illness and injury rates by identifying health and safety risks and potential hazards, making recommendations and developing strategies to decrease incidents, conducting safety audits, and, most important, empowering coworkers to play a role in employee protection.
Check out her recommendations for ensuring safety committee effectiveness. Read more.