[Adopted 5-6-1996]
[Amended 6-11-2008]
The purpose of this article is to specify rules
for the establishment and administration of a committee that will
bring employers and employees together in a nonadversarial, cooperative
and effective effort to promote safety and health at each municipal
work site within the Town of Killingworth in accordance with the provisions
of §§ 31-40v-1 through 31-40v-11 of the Regulations
of Connecticut State Agencies, as the same may from time to time be
amended or expanded.
For the purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the meaning indicated:
The average incidence rate of work-related injury and illness
for all industries in this state as determined by the Department of
Labor.
The Chairman of the Municipal Safety and Health Committee
or his/her designee or agent.
Persons engaged in service to the Town of Killingworth in
the business prescribed by the Town of Killingworth, whether said
business and its functions, duties or responsibilities are compensated
or volunteer.
The Town of Killingworth and/or any political subdivision
thereof.
Any individual who has the authority to use his or her judgment
in the interest of the employer to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off,
recall, promote, discharge and assign employees, to direct them, or
to adjust their grievances or effectively to recommend such actions.
[Amended 6-11-2008]
There shall be a Municipal Safety and Health
Committee created to supervise safety and health matters for all those
acting on behalf of the Town of Killingworth.
A.
The Committee shall consist of nine members, with
one representative from each of the following groups and/or organizations:
(1)
Killingworth Volunteer Fire Company.
(2)
Killingworth Ambulance Association.
(3)
Killingworth Municipal Employees' Association.
(4)
Killingworth Town Hall Employees.
(5)
Killingworth Transfer Station and Sludge Lagoons Employees.
(6)
Killingworth Town Hall Employees who are not members
of the Killingworth Town Hall Employees bargaining unit.
(7)
The current Highway Foreman.
(8)
The current First Selectman.
(9)
Killingworth Library Association.
B.
No more than 1/2 of the members of the Committee shall
be managerial members The employer's nonmanagerial members shall select
employee safety and health members.
C.
The Chairman of the Committee shall be elected by
a majority of the members. The Chairman may be either an employer
or employee member.
The Committee shall meet at least once every
three months but may meet more often should there be a need or should
it so choose.
A.
The Town of Killingworth shall keep a roster containing
the names and departments of all Committee members. The names of current
Committee members shall be posted to ensure that all employees can
readily contact Committee members.
B.
The Town of Killingworth shall keep a record of attendance
and the minutes of all meetings.
C.
All records regarding safety and health shall be provided
to the Chairman of the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission
or his/her designee.
D.
The retention time for such records is three years,
after which time such records may be retired or destroyed in accordance
with guidelines established by the office of the Connecticut Public
Records Administration.
Any employee who participates in Committee activities
in his/her role as a Committee member, including but not limited to
attending meetings, training activities, and inspections, shall be
paid at his/her regular rate of pay for all time spent on such activities.
[Amended 6-11-2008]
The Committee shall have the following duties
and functions:
A.
Safety inspections;
B.
Investigating safety incidents, accidents, illnesses
and deaths;
C.
Evaluating accident and illness prevention programs;
D.
Establishing training programs for the identification
and reduction of hazards in the workplace which damage the reproductive
system of employees; and
E.
Establishing training programs to assist Committee
members in understanding and identifying the effects of employee substance
abuse on workplace accidents and safety.
All members of the Committee shall be trained
as Committee members at no cost to the employee.
[Amended 6-11-2008]
Any safety and health committee established
under and operating in conformity with this article and under the
provisions of §§ 31-40v-11 through 31-40v-11, inclusive,
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies is intended to respect
all rights of employees, including those rights arising under the
National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act, and any committee
established under this article shall not be construed to constitute
a labor organization within the meaning of Section 2(5) of the National
Labor Relations Act or a representative within the meaning of Section
151, sixth paragraph, of the Railway Labor Act.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Art. V, Board of Assessment Appeals,
adopted 2-15-2022, which immediately followed, expired 6-30-2022.
