PESO: Safety Committee

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Oregon OSHA

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Spanish

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PESO: Easy-To-Use Training in English and Spanish
PESO: Easy-To-Use Training in English and Spanish PESO is an easy-to-use, bilingual toolkit created by the Oregon OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Program to help employers deliver job safety training and reduce workplace injuries and illnesses. The complete toolkit contains tookbox talks, handouts,training modules and overheads to use for presentations. The complete toolkits are posted on the OR-OSHA website at www.orosha.org. The following are links to the PESO toolbox talks in this collection:
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Summary Statement

Brief description of the importance of safety committees, who should be involved, and what should be discussed. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collection' button to access the other items.

Importance of the Safety Committee

Assist the employer to recognize safety and health hazards and to reduce accidents and illnesses in the workplace.

Who are the Safety Committee members?

Worker(s) elected by the other workers.
Employer representative(s).

When must the Safety Committee meet?

Once a month to discuss hazards and the ways of preventing those hazards.
Every three months to conduct a complete workplace inspection to identify hazardous conditions.

Examples of what to discuss at the monthly meetings

How to obtain the cooperation of all the workers to identify workplace hazards.
Safety regulations.
The type of training needed so workers can work safer.

Examples of what to look for during the quarterly walkthroughs

Are all workers protected against falls by guardrails or fall arrest systems?
Are eyes protected against flying objects with safety glasses?
Are all workers trained in what to do in case of contamination from hazardous chemicals?

Does someone have to take notes during meetings and inspections?

Yes. After the monthly meeting and the quarterly inspections, give a copy of the notes to the employer, each member of the safety committee and post a copy where it can be seen by everyone.

WHAT ELSE CAN WE DISCUSS IN THE MEETINGS?

meeting

WHAT ELSE CAN WE LOOK FOR DURING QUARTERLY WALKTHROUGHS?

check list