Safety committees - Connecticut

The state of Connecticut has a statutory requirement that a safety and health committee be established and maintained at all employers who have 25 or more employees at any single work site, and any employer whose rate of work-related injury and illness exceeds the average incidence rate of all industries in the state. Administrative rules specify some of the duties such committees must conduct, including:

• Safety inspections;
• Investigating safety incidents, accidents, illnesses and deaths;
• Evaluating workplace accident and illness prevention programs;
• Establishing training programs to identify and reduce hazards in the workplace;
• Establishing training programs for committee members to understand and identify the effects of employee substance abuse on workplace accidents and safety.

The rules also require such committees to include at least as many employee members as employer members. The number of employee members may exceed the number of employer members. Committee members should include representatives from all the major work activities at the work site.

Related information

• Safety committees - ezExplanation

Citations

• Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-40v
• Conn. Admin. Reg. 31-40v-1 to 31-40v-11