Safety Committee Basic Training

Oregon OSHA Online Course 101

This material is for training purposes only. Its purpose is to inform Oregon employers of best practices in occupational safety and health and general Oregon OSHA compliance requirements. This material is not a substitute for any provision of the Oregon Safety Employment Act or any standards issued by Oregon OSHA. For more information on this online course and other Oregon OSHA online training, visit the Online Course Catalog.

COURSE MODULES

Course Introduction

Module 1: Roles and Responsibilities

• The all important role of the safety committee
• What's the purpose of the safety committee?
• What's the function of the safety committee?

Module 2: How to Start the Safety Committee

• Selling the safety committee
• Proclaim the benefits
• Write an effective safety committee charter
• How to organize for success
• Membership secrets

Module 3: How to Increase Involvement

• Perceptions are reality
• How to make objections disappear
• Why join? Who cares?
• Volunteer frenzy
• How to make meetings work
• Training is the secret

Module 4: Safety Committee Training

• Why training is so important
• The three key subjects
• Being safety committee street smart
• Zero in on hazards
• The hierarchy of controls
• Solving accidents for root cause

Module 5: Safety Committee Success Tools

• Where are the hazards?
• Eliminating hazardous conditions
• Blasting unsafe work practices
• Overcoming ineffective management controls
• Effective checklists and job hazard analyses
• The OSHA 300 Log

Module 6: Hazard Identification and Control

• Murphy's law applied to safety
• What is a hazard?
• Where all hazards exist
• Two strategies: Inspections and the Job Hazard Analysis
• Which strategy is best... and why
• Digging up the roots

Module 7: Incident/Accident Analysis

• What is an accident?
• Accident Causation Theories
• Plan the work...work the plan!
• Three phases and six step process

Module 8: Employer and Employee Responsibilities

• The Oregon "General Duty Clause"
• The Five General Employer Accountabilities
• The Three General Employee Accountabilities

Test your knowledge

• Extended response assignments
• Course evaluation
• Certificate information

Course Appendix

• Appendix A: Instructor Bio
• Appendix B: Tips on Completing Assignments

Additional Links

• Workplace Safety Committees (Acrobat file)
• Put it in Writing (Acrobat file)
• Be Trained (Acrobat file)