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Hi: my name is: Dessie Ferguson.

NEVER GAMBLE WITH ANYONE’S SAFETY.

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HazardForm

Health and Safety Committee

Line Manager

employee rep Safety Officer

The Workforce

InspectionReport

Near Miss Reports

Near Misses?

1.Remember a Near Miss t oday is tomorrows accident .

2.To be filled in by Supervisor and reported to the safeety officer

CommunicationDedication

Participation Partnershipsdfcom

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Four points to Remember:

•Communication: Must be a loop system

•Dedication: From everyone

•Partnership: Between Management

and Employees

•Participation: An important part of

team working.

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Safety CommitteesMembership

Should be agreed between management and the employee’s representatives concerned

Should not be over-large but should represent the interest of ALL employees’ including the safety reps and managers involved

Management and employee’s representation should be equally balanced.

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Safety CommitteesMembership

People like Personnel Managers and Works Engineers should be included as well as those with direct supervisory roles

Managers involved should be those who have necessary expertise in relation to:

•company policy

•technical issues

•production requirements

•premises, plant, machinery and equipment

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Safety CommitteesMembership

Members should interact on an equal basis - none are responsible to (or for) others

It’s a good place to introduce effective team-working methods!

Being a member forms part of the normal working pattern

No loss of pay should be suffered, for example:

• by attending meetings

•by conducting committee’s business and safety inspections etc.

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Safety CommitteesHow they should be run

They should meet as often as necessary

This will depend on volume of production and conditions such as

•Number of employees

•Size of workplace covered

•Nature of work undertaken on site

•Type of hazards and degree of risk

Meetings should not be cancelled

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Safety CommitteesHow they should be run

They should be planned well in advance

All members should receive a copy of the dates and agenda

Notices of meetings should be suitably displayed on notice boards in the workplace

Minutes of each meeting should be keptSafety CommitteeMeeting

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Safety CommitteesHow they should be run

Copies should be supplied to

•every member of the committee

•every employee’s representative.

•the most senior manager with responsibilities for safety

and distributed/displayed for the workforce

Inspection reports from manager and/or reps. Should be discussed at committee meetings and any further actions agreed

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Objectives and Functions of Safety Committee

“Under article 4 (6) of the Order of 1978, have the function of keeping under review the measures taken to ensure the Health and Safety at work of employee’s. In carrying out this function safety committees ought to consider the drawing up of agreed objectives or terms of reference.”

“An objective should be the promotion of co-operation between employers and employees in instigating, developing and carrying out measures to ensure the health and safety at work of employees.”

Objectives can include the reduction of: accident figures

insurance premiums

absences

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ObjectivesThe main objectives of the committee is to gain support from all concerned for their Health and Safety efforts by encouraging such thing as:

•Motivation, education and training so that employees recognise and correct hazards.

•Achieving hazard controls by using designed procedures.

•Ensure hazard control procedures form part of supervisory training.

•Compliance with Regulations and standards.

To achieve these objectives they must also form part of the Companies Safety Policy.

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What the committee should look at and why?

Statistics of accidents,diseases, near misses and trends.

Periodic review of Risk Assessments, or after change in work process

Working practices: Is there a Safer way of doing the process?

Safety Training: Review of any safety training provided.

Accidents: Causes of accidents i.e.

unsafe act or omissions

unsafe conditions

unsafe act and conditions

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CHECKLIST OF ISSUESTopics that may be encountered.

•Housekeeping: Daily cleaning concerns.

•Lighting: Is the lighting suitable and efficient?

•Guards: Are dangerous machines securely fenced?

•Fire: How often are drills carried out?

•Welfare: Washing/Cooking facilities.

•Recording Under RIDDOR are all accidents and dangerous occurrences reported.

•Other issues may be Personal Protective Equipment, Manual handling,Noise,First Aid and any information gained through the

Committees experiences in the Company.

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How effective can a Committee be?

This will depend on the way they function within the organisation and actually make improvements to Health and Safety.

Encouraging proactive measures from all members of staff

Communication is essential so we all can move to the future.

Partnership its our morale duty to protect each other.

Participation, each member must take an active role in the committee

Dedication, we must put the commitment into our role as a committee member and lead by example.