- assisting management in promoting safety and health awareness and participation in the workplace safety and health program; and
- assisting management in monitoring workplace safety and health education and training to ensure that it is in place, effective, and documented.
Managers must provide written responses to the written recommendations of the safety and health committee.
2. Meetings
Safety and health committee meetings are held as needed. Each committee member is compensated at his or her regular rate of earnings when engaged in committee activities. Management posts the minutes of each meeting in a conspicuous place, and the minutes are available to all employees. All safety committee records are maintained for not less than three (3) calendar years.
90.3 SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING
Safety and Health Orientation
Workplace safety and health orientation begins on the first day of initial employment or job transfer. Each employee must have access to a copy of the safety and health manual through his or her supervisor and be given a personal copy of the safety and health rules, policies, and procedures pertaining to his or her job. Supervisors ask questions of employees and answer employees' questions to ensure knowledge and understanding of safety and health rules, policies, and job-specific procedures described in our workplace safety program manual.
90.4 JOB SPECIFIC TRAINING
1. Supervisors are responsible for:
- a)Training employees initially on how to perform assigned job tasks safely;
- b)Reviewing carefully with each employee the specific safety and health rules, policies, and procedures that are applicable to their jobs;
- c)Giving employees verbal instruction and specific directions on how to perform their work safely;
- d)Observing employees performing the work, and if necessary, providing a demonstration on using safe work practices or ensuring employees receive remedial instruction to correct training deficiencies before they are permitted to perform unsupervised work;
- e)Ensuring all employees receive safe operating instructions on seldom-used or new equipment before using the equipment;
- f)Reviewing safe work practices with employees before permitting the performance of new, non-routine, or specialized procedures; and
- g)Providing safety equipment to employees who perform tasks requiring safety equipment and/or protective gear