Meeting was led by Dan Dawson, Safety Committee Chairperson. It is important that there is certified representation at the safety meetings. Schools are having playground accidents - kids running into each other. Bob Nelson reviewed the role of the safety committee. It is a state and federal law that employers with 25 or more employees have a committee.
Function is to ensure that employee safety concerns are heard.
Safety advisory committee meets monthly, are elected members and can and do make a difference statistically. State of Oregon knows what our normal time loss should be. Most cases are not related. This is helpful to do. We need to watch loss ratio closely.