Hazard Assessment And Control

(1) The safety committee shall assist the employer in evaluating the employer's accident and illness prevention program and shall make written recommendations to improve the program where applicable. Additionally, the safety committee shall: (a) Assist in establishing procedures for workplace inspections by the safety committee inspection team to locate and identify safety and health hazards; (b) Conduct workplace inspections at least quarterly; and (c) Recommend to the employer how to eliminate hazards and unsafe work practices in the workplace. (2) The inspection team shall include employer and employee representatives and shall document in writing the location and identity of the hazards and make recommendations to the employer regarding correction of the hazards. (3) Quarterly inspections of satellite locations shall be conducted by the committee or a representative authorized by the committee. (4) Work sites or locations and activities which do not lend themselves to a quarterly schedule shall be inspected by the committee or a representative authorized by the committee as often as necessary based upon changes in working conditions or operations as the committee determines is necessary. (5) The person designated to carry out inspection activities at the locations identified in sections (3) and (4) of this rule shall be selected by the employer and shall receive training in hazard identification in the workplace.