January 2005

A workplace safety committee is an extremely valuable tool employers can use to augment their mandatory illness and injury prevention programs and keep the need for safe work habits at the forefront of everyone's thinking. In this way, a safety committee can lower the risk of injuries to your workers and lower your organization's risk of fines,jury awards, and workers' compensation costs.

If you want your safety committee to improve conditions in your workplace, you must be prepared to invest a good deal of energy and time designing and developing it. Before you call your first committee meeting, map out a clear picture of what you're trying to accomplish, how you will accomplish it, and which resources you have available.

In this report, we'll show you a step-by-step system for organizing your committee.

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