Role of safety and health committee might play in surveillance
in an organization as:
Surveillance of the health which may include-
- Committee should ensure that health of the employees or workers
should maintain so that they were perform well in their work and
improve the work efficiency.
- Supervision of health at periodic intervals during employment
which involves exposure to a particular hazard to health.
- It should be ensure proper health otherwise it may involve the
termination of assignments on and after the hazards which might
cause or contribute to future health impairment.
Surveillance of the safety which may include-
- Responsible for conducting accident investigations and for
ensuring that all the safety measures will be pre-planned to combat
with situation.
- Immediate steps to be taken to correct unsafe or unhealthful
workplace conditions or hazards within their authority and ability
to do so. When an unsafe or unhealthful workplace condition or
hazard cannot be immediately corrected, the committee must take
temporary precautionary measures.
- Prevention of unsafe or unhealthful workplace conditions or
hazards. It is necessary to train and periodically remind employees
of what to look for and how to correct or report unsafe conditions
or hazards.
- Training and instruction to employees so they can perform their
work safely and enforce safe work practices and procedures.