What this check covers

This free check asks whether a health and safety committee is an active part of the safety system or a standing meeting that changes nothing. Nine questions cover whether representatives are properly designated and represented, whether the committee meets at least once every three months with attendance evidenced, whether meetings focus on real hazards, incidents and worker concerns rather than administrative updates, whether recommendations record the issue, action, owner and decision, whether incidents are discussed deeply enough to challenge repeat failures, whether representative inspections and worker concerns feed committee priorities, whether recommendations needing management resources are escalated and answered, whether actions are tracked to closure with evidence, and whether employees get feedback so the committee stays visible and credible. The basis is the Occupational Health and Safety Act, particularly sections 19 and 20 on committees and their functions. There are no separately flagged safety-critical questions; the whole check is about whether worker concerns can travel to a decision. It is written for committee chairs, safety representatives and managers. A committee is useful only when a concern raised on the floor can reach a decision and come back as a change.