P3 M2
Explain the roles and responsibilities for health and safety of key personnel in a selected workplace.
Analyse the roles and responsibilities for health and safety of key personnel in a selected workplace
Employer
Employer responsibilities include informing the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee of any work-related accidents involving injury, death or occupational illness and providing the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee with the results of any reports relating to health and safety in the workplace.
The employer must provide a location for joint health and safety committee meetings. The employer must also choose the managerial member or members of the joint health and safety committee. These members must exercise managerial functions, and, if possible, do so at the workplace where the joint health and safety committee is located.
The employer must provide a written response to recommendations within 21 days. If the recommendations are accepted, a timetable for action must be outlined and provided to the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee. If an employer decides against acting on the recommendations, reasons must be given in writing.
a health and safety representative has the same responsibilities and powers as a joint health and safety committee member. These include the responsibility to inspect the workplace at least once a month and the power to:
identify workplace hazards be consulted about workplace testing make recommendations to the employer investigate work refusals and serious accidents
A worker must report any hazard or contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) to the employer or supervisor. If the matter is not resolved, a worker should then refer it to a health and safety representative or member of the joint health and safety committee.
When such matters are referred to a worker health and safety representative,
Analyse the roles and responsibilities for health and safety of key personnel in a selected workplace
Employer
Employer responsibilities include informing the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee of any work-related accidents involving injury, death or occupational illness and providing the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee with the results of any reports relating to health and safety in the workplace.
The employer must provide a location for joint health and safety committee meetings. The employer must also choose the managerial member or members of the joint health and safety committee. These members must exercise managerial functions, and, if possible, do so at the workplace where the joint health and safety committee is located.
The employer must provide a written response to recommendations within 21 days. If the recommendations are accepted, a timetable for action must be outlined and provided to the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee. If an employer decides against acting on the recommendations, reasons must be given in writing.
a health and safety representative has the same responsibilities and powers as a joint health and safety committee member. These include the responsibility to inspect the workplace at least once a month and the power to:
identify workplace hazards be consulted about workplace testing make recommendations to the employer investigate work refusals and serious accidents
A worker must report any hazard or contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) to the employer or supervisor. If the matter is not resolved, a worker should then refer it to a health and safety representative or member of the joint health and safety committee.
When such matters are referred to a worker health and safety representative,