Safety committees and meetings

Overview

If you are an employer in Oregon, your business must have a safety committee or hold safety meetings - unless you are the sole owner and the only employee of a corporation.

General industry and construction employers
If your employees are covered by Oregon OSHA’s general industry rules or construction rules, follow the requirements in 437-001-0765, Safety Committees and Safety Meetings.

Agriculture employers
If your employees are covered by Oregon OSHA’s agriculture rules, follow the requirements in 437-004-0251, Safety Committees and Safety Meetings.

Forest activities employers
If your employees are covered by Oregon OSHA’s forest activities rules, follow the requirements in 437-007-0130(4), Employee Involvement.

All available content

Publications

Brochures/Guides
- Comités y reuniones de seguridad para empleadores
  Safety Committees and Safety Meetings Guide
  Esta guía describe las diferencias entre las reuniones de seguridad requeridas y los comités de seguridad para todos los empleadores.
  Spanish Order printed copy 03/21/2023
- Foundation for a safe workplace
  Describes the fundamentals of an effective safety and health program.
  English Order printed copy 12/21/2023
- Safety Committees and Safety Meetings for Agriculture Employers - Quick Guide
  Describes how to comply with Oregon OSHA's safety committees and safety meetings requirements for agricultural employers: 437-004-0251.
  English Order printed copy 12/21/2020
- Safety committees and safety meetings quick guide
  A briefing of the differences between the required safety meetings and safety committtees for all employers, including what each entails.
  English Order printed copy 12/16/2022
- Understanding, recognizing, and solving ergonomic hazards in long-term care
  Learn how Oregon OSHA provides ergonomic assistance to long-term care facilities to help reduce care provider risk for strains and sprains.
  English Order printed copy 09/20/2022
Catalogs
- Public Education Workshop Schedule January-June
  Schedule for our workshop classes from January through June. Attending an Oregon OSHA class helps you gain important knowledge and skills.
  English 12/07/2023
- Public Education Workshop Schedule July-December
  Schedule for in-person and virtual workshop classes around the state during July through December. Attending an Oregon OSHA class helps you gain important knowledge and skills.
  English 02/13/2024
Checklists
- Safety committees
  Checklist for safety committees and meetings.
  English
Fact sheets
- Lo que su comité de seguridad debe saber acerca de las inspecciones en el lugar de trabajo
  What your safety committee needs to know about conducting workplace inspections
  Enumera los peligros comunes que un comité de seguridad debe buscar y qué documentar durante las inspecciones del lugar de trabajo.
  Spanish 08/12/2024
- Safety committees and safety meetings - agriculture
  Summarizes the key requirements for Oregon OSHA's safety committee and safety meeting rule for agricultural employers - 437-004-0251.
  English 01/05/2011
- Safety committees and safety meetings - general industry/construction
  Summarizes the safety committees and safety meetings rule and helps the employer determine if they need to have a safety committee or if they can hold safety meetings. It also reviews the basic requirements of both safety committees and safety meetings.
  English 12/06/2012
- What your safety committee needs to know about conducting workplace inspections
  Lists common hazards a safety committee should be looking for, and what to document during your workplace inspections.
  English 07/31/2024
Forms
- Accident investigation - How to conduct an accident investigation
  How to conduct an accident investigation
  English Word version 10/28/2014
- Example quarterly workplace safety and health hazard inspection form
  Members of safety committees, managers, and supervisors can use this form to help document quarterly workplace inspections, and to follow through on hazard identification with corrections. Note: this form is for use within your company.
  English Word version 07/10/2024
- Safety and health policy statement sample
  Sample company safety and health policy statement form.
  English Word version 10/31/2014
- Safety committee (centralized) activities annual review
  Annual review of centralized safety committee activities form.
  English Word version 10/31/2014
- Safety committee bylaws
  Safety committee bylaws form
  English Word version 10/31/2014
- Safety committee evaluation checklist
  Safety committee evaluation checklist form.
  English Word version 10/28/2014
- Safety committee minutes
  Form for safety committee minutes.
  English Word version 10/31/2014
- Safety Committee Recommendation/Management Response
  A sample form for safety committees to submit a recommendation to management, and for management to respond.
  English Word version
- Safety committees (centralized) policy
  Safety and health policy for centralized safety committees form.
  English Word version 10/31/2014
- Safety meeting minutes form
  Form for taking safety meeting minutes.
  English Word version 10/31/2014
Labels and stickers
- Safety committee
  Safety committee sticker for hard hat.
  English Order printed copy 08/04/2006
- Sticker Sheet
  An 8½ x 11 sheet of our most popular stickers.
  English 01/04/2024
Quick facts
- Comités de seguridad y reuniones de seguridad para trabajadores agrícolas
  Safety Committees and Safety Meetings for Agricultural Workers - English and Spanish
  Lo que trabajadores del campo necesitan saber sobre los comités de seguridad y las reuniones de seguridad. - | - What farmworkers need to know about safety committees and safety meetings.
  English / Spanish 11/14/2022
References
- Engaged, energized, and effective safety committees. A playbook of ideas, interventions, and ingenuity!
  A playbook of ideas, interventions, and ingenuity! The purpose of safety committees and safety meetings is to bring workers and management together in a non-adversarial, cooperative effort to promote safety and health. Safety committees and safety meetings will help you continually improve your safety and health program.
  English 09/16/2022
- Rules with requirements
  We get many calls and emails from employers asking the same question. It begins: “Which of your rules have requirements for…” You can finish the sentence with words like “recordkeeping,” “employee training,” and “written documents.” To answer those questions, we’ve organized these rules requirements into a filterable, sortable, searchable table.
  English 05/10/2019

Education and training

Online course
- Curso en Línea de Los comités y las reuniones de seguridad
  Safety committees and meetings online course
  Este curso le enseña acerca de los comités y reuniones de seguridad para su negocio. Usted aprenderá acerca del número de miembros que su comité debe tener y la frecuencia con la que deben reunirse.
  Spanish Online course
- Safety Committee Suite
  Completing the three courses that make up the suite – Safety Meetings and Committees, Accident Investigation, and Hazard Identification – satisfies the basic requirements for training safety committee members.
  English Online course
- Safety Committees and Meetings online course
  This course teaches you about the safety committee and meeting requirements for your business. You will learn about the number of members for your committee and how often you should meet.
  English Online course
- Serie de Comités de Seguridad
  Safety committee suite
  El completar los tres cursos que componen la Serie: Comités y Reuniones de Seguridad, Investigación de Accidentes e Identificación de Peligros, satisface los requisitos básicos de entrenamiento para miembros del comité de seguridad
  Spanish Online course