Safety Committees

 

Each Division/District should establish a Safety Committee to be responsible for the following:

• Review and comment on the Health and Safety Program and provide the comments to the SAB

• Implement the Health and Safety Program

• Establish and communicate procedures for conducting internal safety inspections of the workplace; these procedures shall be used to evaluate the effectiveness of engineering, administrative, and personal protective control measures provided to protect employees from recognized hazards in the workplace and work environment.

• Establish and communicate procedures to review all workplace accidents, safety-related incidents, injuries, illnesses, diseases and fatalities

• Evaluate the effectiveness of and recommend improvements to the Department's safety rules, policies and procedures for the accident and illness prevention programs in the workplace

• Communicate guidelines for the safety training of all employees on a continuing basis

• Invite and encourage all employees to attend Division and District safety meetings

• Accept and address anonymous complaints and suggestions from employees

  For more information, please contact Jeff Loflin at (850)245-2312.

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