In this day and age you have probably accepted the fact that you need to establish some sort of safety program into your facility. You have heard some horror stories about employee injuries or seen how much you are paying out on worker’s compensation each year. Maybe you have watched some webinars and maybe seen a presentation on regulatory agencies stepping up enforcement. So, you finally accepted the fact that it is time to buy into a safety program. That is the first of many hurdles to come. Putting together a safety committee will be key and one of the first steps necessary for your safety program. The next question is, “Where do I begin?” Which will then lead into, “Do you want to just put out a posting requesting volunteers or require certain people to participate? Do you need managers or just employees? What are you going to talk about in these meetings? Should there be any extra responsibilities for members? How do we sustain this meeting and keep interest?” Please join KPA consultant Zach Pucillo as he shares his recommendations for establishing and running an effective safety committee. He will share some of his best practices from his 9 years of experience in participating and leading safety committees. Zach Pucillo has been a consultant in the environmental and safety field for the past 9 years. Zach is a Board Certified Safety Professional, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, and an authorized OSHA outreach trainer specializing in safety for general industry. When not in the safety field he enjoys spending time with his family and coaching youth soccer.

1. Establishing an Effective
Safety Committee
Zach Pucillo CSP, CHMM
KPA Mid Atlantic Team Lead

2. Moderator
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4. Presenter
Zach Pucillo
Mid Atlantic Team Leader
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6. Agenda
What is a safety committee and do I need one?
How Do I Get Buy-In?
Goals of the Committee
Who Should Be On The Committee?
How Should Our First Meeting Go?
Recommendations For Continual Meetings
After The Meeting

7. What is a Safety Committee?
A safety committee – A representative sample
group of people organized together from
different areas of a workforce tasked to
improve the occupational safe working
conditions of that workforce and facility.

8. What is a safety committee?
Potential duties when empowered:
• Identification and corrections of hazards
• Writing specific safety programs
• Developing loss control policies
• Voice the safety concerns of the workforce
• Communicate ideas and findings to the
workforce
• Loss reviews and corrective actions
• Preventative strategies

9. What is a Safety Committee?
Bridge
• Between the employees/employer
• Company objectives from A to B
• Input travels in both directions
• Built with integrity

10. Do I need a safety committee?
• Prevention of loss
• Workers compensation
• Regulatory citations
• Participation in Injury and Illness Prevention
Program
• Discovery of new ideas and people
• Go for more than just the neck down on potential
• Employee morale
• Company reputations
• Insurance discounts

11. Source:http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/10413-effective-safety-committees?page=2

12. How do I Get Buy-In?
• Start With Yourself
• You are here!
• Top Level Management
• How do I get them?
• Pull Workers Comp Info
• Insurance Premiums
• OSHA Citation Examples
• Walk the Floor
• It’s something you think you don’t need but…

13. How Do I Get Buy-In?
Top Level Management
• Now that they are sold on idea of safety…
• Participation
• Willing to grant the committee wins
• Support enthusiasm for the program

14. How Do I Get Buy-In?
• Line Managers
• How do I get them to cooperate?
• Top level help
• Performance review plan
• Employee work force
• Involve them
• Constant Training
• Elections
• Incentives (No such thing as a free lunch)
• Do what you say you’re going to do

15. Who Should Be On The Committee?
How many members should I have?
• Dependent upon…
• Size of organization
• Use of subcommittees for departments
• Number of shifts
• Number of volunteers
• The more the better…

16. Who Should Be On The Committee?
“According to a 2008 study published in the
journal New Solutions (Vol. 18, No. 4),
organizations that had safety committees
made up of more hourly workers than
managers had lower injury and illness rates.
Researchers also found that organizations
with a higher percentage of their workforce on
safety committees had better rates.”
Source: http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/10413-effective-safety-committees

17. Who Should Be On The Committee?
• Chair
• Encourages Participation
• Purchasing empowered person
• Tie breaker
• Discipline backer
• Keeps the meeting on task

18. Who Should Be On The Committee?
• Record keeper
• Ensures that necessary documentation is at
meeting
• Injury/Illness Reports
• Inspection Records
• Training Keeper
– Who needs trained

19. Who Should Be On The Committee?
• Committee
• Line Managers
• Representatives from all shifts
• Representatives from various departments
• Hourly or Daily Employees
• Representatives from all shifts
• Representatives from various departments
• Maintenance employees if applicable

20. Who Should Be On The Committee?
How do I get them?
• Request volunteers in person
• Start with group setting then 1 on 1
• Let them in on the buy-in
• Time to make a difference
• Give some incentives
• Meal
• Performance review
– Employees can have nominees and elections

21. Who Should Be On The Committee?
• Required Involvement
• Oregon requires same amount of volunteers as
number of employer selected members
• Requirement can decrease enthusiasm
• Requirements can make meetings unproductive

22. How Should Our First Meeting Go?
You have your committee, so let’s have our first
meeting
• Schedule a time reasonable for all participants
• Communication is key for all parties involved
• 1 hour time frame
• Find a productive meeting space
• Minimize distractions
• Review your current policies and programs
• Set the agenda
• Agenda Recommendations…

23. How Should Our First Meeting Go?
Mission Statement
• What is the role of health and safety
committee?
• Complaint investigations?
• Training?
• What are the powers of the health and
safety committee?
• Access to records?
• Recommendations to employer?

24. How Should Our First Meeting Go?
• Define Roles
• Chair/Record keeper
• Time Served in Role
• Alternates
• Subcommittees
• Great for facilities with more than one location
• Meeting Frequency
• Monthly
• Quarterly
• Semi Annual

25. How Should Our First Meeting Go?
• Rules of Engagement
• Attention
• Stay on Target
• Parking Lot Monitor
• Meeting Communications
• Agenda Outlook
• Goal Setting

26. How Should Our First Meeting Go?
What Goals Do You Set To Accomplish
• Regulatory Compliance
• Reduce Injuries
• Update Policies
• Update Written Programs
• Save Money
• Preventive
• Reactive
• All of the above

27. How Should Our First Meeting Go?
• Committee Goals
• Set a Mission statement
• Create SMART Goals
• Continue the drive to achievement

28. How Should Our First Meeting Go?
• SMART Goal

29. How Should Our First Meeting Go?
• SMART Example
• Our worker’s compensation accident claims was
10 over the first quarter of the year. The safety
committee will plan to reduce that number by
20% in the second quarter. This will be done by
implementing the following:
• Implementing the new PPE policy
• Daily work place hazard inspections
• Etc…

30. How Should Our First Meeting Go?
Goal Accomplishment
• Subcommittees
• Smaller Tasks
• Sub Committee will complete warehouse
committee will complete 4 walkthroughs
• Sub Committee will analyze machine guarding for
the press by…
• Sub Committee will explore PPE vendors for
better discounts by….

31. Recommendations For Continual Meetings
Committee Members
• General/Plant Manager
• Office Manager
• 3-4 Line Managers
• 3-4 Hourly Daily Employees

32. Recommendations For Continual Meetings
Preparation
• One Hour Meeting Each Month
• Use A Conference Room
• Bring Injury Illness Claims for Past Month
• Review OSHA/DOL Websites for Regulation
Notifications

33. Recommendations For Continual Meetings
• Pre Meeting Department Inspections
• Do not inspect your own department
• Employee Interviews
– Hey Joe! How are you?
– Where can I find some PPE?
• Written Programs and Policies
• Last meetings minutes

34. Recommendations For Continual Meetings
• Chair will open meeting
• Review Last Meeting Minutes
• Parking Lot
• Accident/Injury Review and Investigation
• Identify Root Causes
• Cannot Blame Employee
• Trends
• Request for Employee Suggestions

35. Recommendations For Continual Meetings
• Hazard Identification
• Department Inspections
• Employee Suggestions
• Action Items for Corrections
• Use Sub Committees
• Set Goal Dates for Completion

36. Recommendations For Continual Meetings
• Review of Safety Policies
• Need for change?
• How can we measure our policies?
• Safety Glasses Example
• Discipline Actions Necessary
• Positive Recognition Necessary

37. Recommendations For Continual Meetings
• Closing
• Review Parking Lot
• Address Additional Action Items
• Review Sub Committee Tasks if Necessary
• Set Date and Time for Next Meeting
• Adjourn

38. Recommendations For Continual Meetings
• Meeting Miscellaneous
• Parking Lot Heated Discussions
• No Domination
• Record Everything
• Use Measurement Plans

39. After the Meeting
Now comes the Real Work
• Do What You Say You Will Do
• Creates Enthusiasm
• Creates Employee Buy In
• Completing Small Goals Help w/ Big Goals
• Next Meeting – Pre Meeting
• Measure Your Success Rates
• Policy Implementation
• Hazard Correction
• Accident Reviews
• Training Completion

40. After the Meeting
Meetings Going Stale?
• Request Guest Speakers
• Talk to a Consultant
• Collaborate with Similar Companies
• Attend Conferences
• Get On Mailing Lists

41. You Want to Do This, But Still Feeling…
• Overwhelmed?
• Disorganized?
• I can do this, but can’t sustain.
• Not able to put this together?
• There must be an easier way than all on me?

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