New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Lab - Commissioner, Department of Labor
Chapter Lab 600 - SAFETY PROGRAMS AND JOINT LOSS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES
Part Lab 603 - JOINT LOSS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES
Section Lab 603.02 - Establishment of Joint Loss Management Committee

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Lab 603.02

Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024

(a) Pursuant to RSA 281-A: 64, III, all employers of 15 or more employees shall establish a working joint loss management committee composed of equal numbers of employer and employee representatives or more employee representatives as follows:

(1) The size of the joint loss management committee shall be determined as follows:
a. Employers with 15 to 20 employees shall have a minimum of 2 members; and

b. Employers with more than 20 employees shall have a minimum of 4 members;

(2) Employee representatives shall be selected by the employees;

(3) Where the employees are represented by a single, exclusive bargaining representative, the

bargaining representative shall designate the members;

(4) Where the employees are represented by more than one labor organization or where some but not all of the employees are represented by a labor organization, each bargaining unit of represented employees and any residual group of employees not represented shall have a proportionate number of committee members based on the number of employees in each bargaining unit or group; and

(5) Committee members shall be representative of the major work activities of the employer.

(b) An employer's auxiliary, mobile or satellite location, may be combined into a single, centralized joint loss management committee when an employer owned/leased facility is physically and/or geographically separated from the employer's primary facility such as would be found in construction operations, trucking, branch or field offices, sales operations or highly mobile activities, which shall represent the safety and health concerns of all locations.

(c) A joint loss management committee shall be located at each of the employer's primary places of employment at a major economic unit at a single geographic location comprised of a building or group of buildings and all surrounding facilities. The location shall have both employer and employee representatives present, control of a portion of a budget, and the ability to take action on the majority of the recommendations made by the joint loss management committee.

(d) Committee members shall be trained in workplace hazard identification and accident/incident investigation adequate to carry out the committee's responsibilities.

(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Lab 600) #5909, eff 10-13-94, EXPIRED: 10-13-00

New. #8592, eff 3-24-06; ss by #10379, eff 7-18-13

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