Safety Committees: How to Establish and Implement an Effective Program
Safety Committees Webinar Recording
Federal OSHA does not generally require employers to have safety committees, but they’re a valuable tool that can help you boost your bottom line and keep your workers safe.
Plus, given the current administration’s focus on compliance, a safety committee is a simple, affordable way to stay out of legal trouble and enlist employee buy-in with your safety efforts.
But where to start? Who and what to include? If you want a safety committee to make a real difference at your workplace, you need to design and develop it correctly. If not, it’s just wasted money and effort.
Join us for a comprehensive webinar all about establishing an effective safety committee at your workplace.
You and your colleagues will learn:
- Why every workplace can benefit from an effective safety committee
- How to decide who should be on your safety committee
- How to make your safety committee both fit and shape your safety culture
- Real-life examples of how safety committees benefit a company’s overall safety program
- Where to start if you’re developing a safety committee for the first time
- Why a good safety committee can improve your bottom line – and why a bad one can cost you
- How to solicit senior management support for a safety committee
- Tips for generating support and participation of both line supervisors and employees, even those in unions
- How to keep the safety committee fresh and productive
- Proven approaches for setting agendas
- Steps for documenting committee recommendations and tracking action item completion
- How to motivate members to keep interest and participation levels high
This webinar was recorded on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Safety Committees: How to Establish and Implement an Effective Program
About Your Speaker:
Todd Hunt CMSP, REA is senior counsel in the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He is experienced in all aspects of civil litigation, from early evaluation and resolution and from investigation through trial. Hunt has handled numerous access discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA Title II and III), the Rehabilitation Act and the California Unruh Act in addition to claims of trade secret misappropriation, related to commercial disputes and involving government contract matters.
Hunt has represented numerous restaurants, financial institutions, educational institutions, medical facilities, and service station owners/operators, as well as industrial machinery, heavy equipment, elevator/escalator, chemical, and automobile manufacturers and technology companies in all levels of litigation. Hunt has also advised and represented several employers in appeals of Cal/OSHA citations resulting from work place injuries and fatalities.
