Health, Safety And Environment Committee Sample Clauses

Health, Safety And Environment Committee. The Health, Safety and Environment Committee will be comprised of Representatives from throughout the University community, including one Representative each from the Union, management, academic and non-academic staff, and the Student body. The Committee will meet at least quarterly. All Representatives shall be entitled to attend Committee meetings without loss of pay or benefits.
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Health, Safety And Environment Committee. (a) The Union Health and Safety Committee consisting of up to three (3) members shall meet with a Company representative or representatives not less frequently than once a month. Should less than three (3) members be available for the meeting, it may proceed by mutual consent. A Chairperson and a Secretary shall be elected from and by the members of the Committee. When the Chairperson is a Company member, the Secretary shall be a Union member and vice-versa. (b) The Committee shall assist in creating a safe place to work, shall recommend actions which will improve the effectiveness of the Health, Safety and Environmental program, and shall promote compliance with applicable government regulations. The Company agrees to provide detailed reasons for not implementing any Committee recommendations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall: (i) At least once a month, inspect all places of employment including buildings, structures, grounds, excavations, tools, equipment, machinery and work methods and practices. (ii) Appoint a Union Committee member and a Company Committee member to investigate every injury or near-miss which involved or would have involved a worker going to a doctor or hospital. (iii) Recommend measures required to correct hazardous conditions and to attain compliance with applicable government regulations. (iv) Consider recommendations from the workforce in respect to industrial health, safety and environmental matters and recommend implementation where warranted. (v) Review reports of current accidents or industrial diseases, their causes and means of prevention, and remedial action taken or required. (vi) Minutes of such meetings, signed by the Chairperson and Secretary, shall be posted on all bulletin boards, given to Committee members and forwarded to the Local and National Union office. (vii) With the consent of the Company, Union staff or Union health and safety advisors shall be permitted to attend Committee meetings on the request of any member of the Committee (where they shall have voice but no vote). (viii) Every injury or near miss which involved or would have involved the worker going to a doctor or hospital must be investigated. A Union committee member and an Employer committee member shall investigate the accident. The appropriate governmental inspection agency shall be notified immediately after the accident. Accident investigation reports shall contain: (1) the place, date and time of the acciden...
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Health, Safety And Environment Committee. (a) The Joint Health, Safety and Environment Committee will be formed and operate in accordance with the Workers’ Compensation Act and Regulations. The Union representation shall not be less than 2 members chosen by the Union. One Co-Chair of the Committee shall be a Union representative. (b) The Committee shall assist in creating a safe place to work, shall recommend actions which will improve the effectiveness of the Health, Safety and Environmental program, and shall promote compliance with applicable government regulations. Minutes of such meetings, signed by the two Co-Chairs, shall be posted on the bulletin board, given to Committee members and forwarded to the Unifor Local Office. (c) With the consent of the Company, Union staff or Union health and safety advisors may be permitted to attend Committee meetings on the request of any member of the Committee (where they shall have voice but no vote). (d) Every injury or near miss which involved or would have involved the worker going to a doctor or hospital must be investigated. A Union committee member and an Employer committee member shall investigate the accident. The appropriate governmental inspection agency shall be notified immediately after the accident. (e) The Company shall provide the Committee with the material safety data sheets of all new substances and processes introduced in the plant. (f) The Company agrees to provide training to all members of the Joint Health Safety & Environment Committee.
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Health, Safety And Environment Committee. The Union Health and Safety Committee consisting of up to three (3) members shall meet with a Company representative or representatives not less frequently than once a month. Should less than three (3) members be available for the meeting, it may proceed by mutual consent. A Chairperson and a Secretary shall be elected from and by the members of the Committee. When the Chairperson is a Company member, the Secretary shall be a Union member and The Committee shall assist in creating a safe place to work, shall recommend actions which will improve the effectiveness of the Health, Safety and Environmental program, and shall promote compliance with applicable government regulations. The Company agrees to provide detailed reasons for not implementing any Committee recommendations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall: At least once a month, inspect all places of employment including buildings, structures, grounds, excavations, tools, equipment, machinery and work methods and practices.
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