MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE
LEGAL REFERENCE – Section 19(3)
19.Health and safety committees.
(3)The persons nominated by an employer on a health and safety committee shall be designated in writing by the employer for such period as may be determined by him, while the health and safety representatives shall be members of the committee for the period of their designation in terms of section 17(1).
EXPLANATION:
What is of paramount importance in this section of the Act, are the provisions of sub-section 2(c) regarding the nomination of persons by the employer. It is worth noting that such persons have to be appointed in writing, but what is of greater importance, is that such persons cannot be called health and safety representatives. As discussed in section 19, the intention of sub-section 2(c) is to enable employers to provide and maintain a workplace that is safe and without risks to health of their employees. Therefore employers cannot say that the health and safety representatives do not want to co-operate, because subsection (2)(c) makes it possible for employers to comply with what is required of them in terms of this Act.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT, ACT 85 OF 1993
SECTION 19(3) – HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBER
APPOINTMENT
I, ______the 16.2 appointee of (area)______hereby appoint you,______in accordance with OHS act as nominated member to the health and safety committee for (area) ______.
In terms of this appointment the following functions should be performed:
1to represent the employer’s interests in terms of occupational health and safety;
2to serve on the appropriate health and safety committee;
3to bring to the attention of your supervisor any deviations of health and safety issues that come to your attention;
4to perform any further functions that may be required by the employer in the interest of health and safety.
Dates and times of health and safety committee meetings will be determined by the committee. Such meetings as determined by the committee shall be attended.
You should familiarise yourself with the provisions of the Act and its Regulations that relate to the functions of the health and safety committees, to enable you to effectively and efficiently carry out your functions as stipulated.
You will be required to undergo Health and Safety training in order to ensure that you can complete your tasks successfully.
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ACCEPTANCE
I,______understand the implications of the appointment as detailed above and confirm my acceptance thereof.
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