Event Information:

• Health and Safety

  Joint Health & Safety Committee

  The Joint Health & Safety Committee is a forum where the employer and work representatives work together to identify, assess and control employee health and safety hazards in the workplace. The work of the committee should focus on prevention.

  The committee engages in a wide range of activities and conducts regular meetings, inspections of the workplace , participates in and makes recommendations regarding the health and safety program. The Joint Health & Safety committee also communicates with both workers and management regarding health and safety matters.

  The Joint Health & Safety Committee provides an opportunity for those affected by health and safety hazards to use the first hand knowledge of the workplace to identify hazards and make recommendations to control them.

  CERTIFIED MEMBERS

  Certified members of the Joint Health and Safety Committee have specific training in occupational health & safety and have particularly important functions. Some of these include, stop worker, investigating complaints of hazardous situations and critical injury investigations. Certified members will most likely be the individuals who interact with the Ministry of Labour where there is a complaint or unresolved health & safety issue in the workplace.

  Your Joint Health and Safety Committee members are:

  • Corinne Livingston - certified member & Co chair - respresenting Centre Wellington
  • Pauline Niziolek - Representing Wellington North
  • Nicole Zandstra - Representing Guelph
  • Marie Taylor - Representing Guelph
  • Heather Grimes
  • Chris Bell
  • George Wilson
  • Sandy Morrow - certified member & Co chair

  All health and safety issues within your work site should first be brought to the attention of your immediate Team Co ordinator for review and resolution prior to any issues coming to the Committee.