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Workplace safety and health committees and representatives play a valuable role at the office or on the jobsite. They promote a greater safety culture by working to help employers and employees create and maintain a safe and healthy workplace.

The primary role of a safety and health committee is to monitor the effectiveness of the internal responsibility system (IRS) at the workplace. 

The IRS is the system of shared duties for workplace safety and health, with employers having the greatest responsibility as a result of having more control over what goes on in the workplace. Committees also act as the go-between for workers and management for occupational health and safety concerns; make recommendations to management to improve workplace safety and health; and ultimately assist in preventing injuries and illnesses at the workplace or on the job site.

But in order for committees to be effective, they must also be highly organized, proactive, and receive the information and training they need to perform their many duties.

Reminder:

• ONLY committee minutes are to be sent to the following address: cominutes@gov.mb.ca
• Questions, etc. may be referred to WSHD’s Client Services email address : wshcompl@gov.mb.ca

Downloads

• Committee Checklist A committee is required for each workplace where at least 20 people are employed. Download this checklist to help build your committee.
  
• Committee Recommendation Form This form will help you make recommendations on committee issues and safety concerns.
  
• How to Resolve Concerns This guide helps you resolve health and safety concerns which are brought to your committee.
  
• Committee Minutes Form and Recommendations Download a minutes template and recommendations on how to complete your minutes.
  
• SAMPLE: Committees Minutes Form Download a sample minutes form.
  
• Committee QuickGuide The best way to involve workers in safety and health matters is to have a workplace safety and health committee or worker representative. This provides a formal system of involving workers in identifying hazards in the workplace, investigating incidents, resolving complaints, and more. This Quick Guide will show you how to set up a workplace safety and health committee or worker representative in your workplace. As a result, your workplace will be a safer place to work!
• SAMPLE: Rules of Procedure #1
• SAMPLE: Rules of Procedure #2
• SAMPLE: Rules of Procedure #3
• Seeing the Workplace with New Eyes Seeing the Workplace with New Eyes is a guide designed to assist new and established workplace safety and health committees, along with worker safety and health representatives. It is an effective orientation tool for new committee members to learn responsibilities, and also to help established committees evaluate and improve upon strengths and weaknesses.

Committees — Prevention Materials