Safety Committee

The Fablab has a Safety Committee in accordance with Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulations and Section 40(1) - 41.3 . The Fablab treats members as workers in this context. It helps implement the right to participate.

The Safety Committee

• holds Safety Committee Meetings, including pre-meeting Safety Inspection and Emergency Preparedness Drill
• does the Safety Incident Review for anything reported via Safety Incident Reporting
• keeps track of progress of its task on the Safety Dashboard

Responsibilities of the Committee as per North Forge Management

* Helping to identify, assess and control hazards.

• Review policies (not responsible for policing policies).
• Talking with members about safety and health concerns and helping to resolve them.
• Regularly inspecting the Fabrication Lab. (see Safety Inspection)
• Investigating accidents, incidents and near misses. (see Safety Incident Review)
• Promoting safety and health instruction.
• conduct Safety Committee Meetings to discuss concerns and make recommendations for corrective actions.These discussions are documented in the Safety Committee Meeting Minutes so all workers are aware of the actions being taken to address the concern.
• The committee’s role is to “advise” the employer (Marney) about workplace safety and health concerns and put forth recommendations.
• The employer is not required to follow the recommendations of the committee if they believe alternative corrective measures will address the safety and health concerns.

Duties of the committee under the Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulations 40(10)

The duties of a committee include

(a) the receipt, consideration and disposition of concerns and complaints respecting the safety and health of workers;

(b) participation in the identification of risks to the safety or health of workers or other persons, arising out of or in connection with activities in the workplace;

(c) the development and promotion of measures to protect the safety and health and welfare of persons in the workplace, and checking the effectiveness of such measures;

(d) co-operation with the occupational health service, if such a service has been established within the workplace;

(e) co-operation with a safety and health officer exercising duties under this Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulations or the regulations;

(f) the development and promotion of programs for education and information concerning safety and health in the workplace;

(g) the making of recommendations to the employer or prime contractor respecting the safety and health of workers;

(h) the inspection of the workplace at regular intervals; (see Safety Inspection)

(i) the participation in investigations of accidents and dangerous occurrences at the workplace; (see Safety Incident Review)

(j) the maintenance of records in connection with the receipt and disposition of concerns and complaints and the attendance to other matters relating to the duties of the committee; (see Safety Incident Reporting, and Safety Dashboard)

(k) such other duties as may be specified in this Act or prescribed by regulation.