EHS Committee Meeting | Duties & Responsibilities

Procedure

Committee is established to:

Establish and cultivate active participation in maintaining a safe & healthy working environment.
Provide an effective environment, health & safety communication among employees.
Promote environment, health & safety awareness safe work practice and maintain safe working conditions.

Committee Organization

There shall be a plant environment, health & safety committee consisting of representatives from each department.
Safety Committee
The plant head shall be the chairman of Environment Health & Safety Committee.
The H.R. head shall be the Vice-Chairman of the Environment Health & Safety Committee.
The EHS person shall be the secretary of the Environment Health & Safety Committee.
The HOD of each department shall be the member as well as representatives from each department at shop floor shall be the member of the environment health & safety committee.
The Committee shall be the consisting 50:50 ratio from shop floor & management representative or wherever possible.
Tenure of the committee shall be two years.
The committee shall be updated time to time or when required.
The MOM of the meeting shall be recorded.

Duties and Responsibilities

To review plant environment, health & safety management system.
To develop a safe & healthy working environment and safe work practice for employee.
To undertake the campaigns and promotion activities.
To assist in the achieving of plant environment & safety goals.
Environment, Health & Safety policies auditing & accident investigations.
To review and recommend environment, health & safety rules, procedures and policies to management for developed, enforced and implementation.
To conduct safety audit & risk assessment.
To investigate and record accident, learning incidents, unsafe act & condition with a view of prevention & elimination.
To develop & implement an effective environment, health & safety training program.
To review annual accident statistics and authorize the implementation of appropriate counter measures.
To review accident investigation report.
To provide a comprehensive & practicable solution of the problem related to environment, health & safety.

Rules

The committee shall meet as often as necessary but at least once in a month.
All members shall undergo appropriate training as arranged by the plant.
Only matters relating to environment, health & safety in the plant shall be discussed at any meeting of a safety committee.

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