ACCIDENT PREVENTION PLAN

Risk & Safety-P-001 ACCIDENT PREVENTION PLAN

Prepared by: Prithy Madhoo Rev B: 7-5-2023 Date Created: 12-29-2021

4.0 Health and Safety Committees Health and safety committee is required by WAC 296-800-130 as a method of communicating and evaluating safety and health issues brought up by employees or employer in the workplace. The company will follow Washington State rule when establishing its safety committee. A safety committee will be required when a worksite has 11 or more employees on one or more work shifts. The committee will determine the frequency of the meetings, for example, stores with more than 11 employees in one or more work shifts will hold monthly safety committees and administrative/support department will hold at least a quarterly safety meeting or as needed. Worksite that do not have 11 or more employees on one shift or more work shifts, will hold safety meetings at least monthly or more often if required. Committee members will comprise of employee-elected and management-appointed representatives. Employee-elect elections will be held every year or sooner as a result of changes in the business affecting committee members. The number of employee elected members will be equal to and will not exceed the number of employer-selected members. When an employee-elected member position will become vacant, leadership will ensure that a new member is elected prior to the next scheduled meeting. The committee will elect their chairperson on a yearly basis and the meeting will be held on a monthly basis unless otherwise stated. The Safety Committee Secretary will send meeting invitation prior to next scheduled meeting (a month in advance) to safety committee members. Agenda of meeting will cover inspection reports to help correct safety hazards, evaluate accident investigations, prevention program, and discuss recommendations for improvement or any other business safety needs. Worksite requiring safety committee will be required to have written safety minutes for every safety meeting held. The Secretary will be responsible to draft safety minutes, take attendance and will post minutes on safety bulletin boards within a week from date of meeting. The Secretary or Store Manager will be responsible to send safety minutes to R&S using Vector. Safety minutes will be part of safety performance and safety coupons.

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