Safety meeting > Effective meetings

Employers should hold regular safety committee meetings to ensure safety committee meetings to ensure safety & health programmes are implemented effectively at their workplaces. Meetings should be held regularly, at least once in 3 months. However, for workplaces with hazardous work environments, such as in manufacturing and building operations work sectors, more frequent meetings should be held. The folowing points can be taken into account to ensure effectiveness of committee meetings.

1. What are the main issues to be discussed? stick to safety and health matters only.
2. All relevant information on occupational safety and health must be made available to members. Members must given relavant training regularly.
3. Minutes must be efficiently recorded and distributed.
4. Speedy decisions and follow up actions must be made on any recommendations from members.
5. Top management should strictly work on the concept of consultation and cooperation and encourage full participation from all members of the committee.
6. Proper meeting facilities must be made available for committee use.
7. Members should preferably be given some form of recognition by top menagement.

The establishment of a safety and health committee does not relieve others in the orgnisation of their duties and responsible :-

* management still retains the overall responsibility for safety.

* first line managers still retain responsibility for the staff and work area under their supervision.