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Safety Committee meetings - Getting them Working for You

Many organisations hold committee meetings on a regular basis because they have always done so and because management requires it. There is nothing wrong in that, but the point is, are you making the best use of this time, both from the safety and production points of view?

Just think of the cost of having, say, at least four of your people off the floor at the same time e.g. a manager, a supervisor and two safety representatives. Apart from the fact that you are paying their wages consider the lost production and general disruption.

What am I getting at? Well, in my experience holding the safety committee meeting is a ritual in many firms that is played out each month. Usually the meeting doesn't start on time because people turn up late, or they send their excuses for not attending because they are too "busy" or they just don't turn up at all. When the meeting finally gets under way the complaints and bitches start and the meeting wanders around for an hour or so with no decisions being made and no action taken. By the end everyone is frustrated. In fact, the meeting has been pointless and reinforces the view that there is little common ground between management and workers.

Sure, this is a worst case scenario but some of you will know what I mean.

So what should we be doing? Here we are with a group of people representing different points of view and with different agendas - how can we get the best out of them and how can they contribute?

The first requirement for productive safety committee meetings lies in the hands of management. A senior manager should always attend and attend on time: this demonstrates management commitment to the process and to improving safety generally. Don't leave it to the supervisors to run; senior management is responsible for setting safety standards, it's an integral part of their job and it can't be delegated. We also need a senior manager present at every meeting because decisions have to be made. (It is also possible that management may learn something useful about what is actually happening in their business, about the stuff-ups, mistakes and problems.)

Next, we need an agenda to follow - the following is a suggested format:

Acceptance and signing of previous minutes
Follow up last month's business and confirm corrective action taken
Accident Reports & Hazard Near-Miss Reports
Monthly Statistics i.e. Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate; Incidence Rate; Analysis of Accidents
Inspection and Housekeeping Reports
Management Report - proposed workplace/process changes
Safety Documentation Review (if necessary)
Review Safety Plan & progress towards Objectives and Targets
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Close, fix next meeting, date, time, place
Bear in mind that the purpose of the meeting is Continual Improvement. Members of the committee will have complaints or mention things which are not up to scratch. If this is the case they should be dealt with promptly and fixed. This is not an opportunity for workers to criticise management or vice versa. If things are not happening the way they should then these should be seen as Opportunities for Improvement, both from the safety and production aspects. Considered in this light, the safety committee is a vital component in the improvement process.

What do we do with all these complaints/Opportunities for Improvement? Obviously, the meeting will have to decide whether or not they are valid. If they are valid and the corrective action is agreed then management must act. One of the best ways to destroy both the credibility of management and the significance of the Safety Committee, from the employees' point of view, is for nothing to happen.

Sadly, this state of affairs is not uncommon. Someone complains, it goes to the safety committee and nothing more is heard of it. Don't get me wrong, I know there are always plenty of complaints which come up which are either not genui




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