COC CLS - Healthy Safety Environment - NIKE, Inc. - The Journey

HSE COMMITTEE
STANDARD
The contractor provides a safe, hygienic and healthy workplace setting and takes necessary steps to
prevent accidents and injury arising out of, linked with or occurring in the course of work or as result of
the operation of contractor’s facilities. The contractor has systems to detect, avoid and respond to
potential risks to the safety and health of all employees.
‣ Develop and implement health, safety and environment (HSE) committee processes and
procedures to improve health, safety and environment conditions in each facility.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Location Manager must ensure that there is an HSE committee established and that the HSE committee
procedures are implemented and followed.
HSE Representative must establish, maintain and administer the HSE committee procedures.
Managers and Supervisors must ensure that employees are trained and adhere to the requirements of
the HSE committee procedures.
Employees must adhere to the requirements of the HSE committee procedures.
DEFINITIONS
Management representative represents senior (Top) management within the factory and could be the
manager, supervisor, or a departmental position which manages, monitors, evaluates and coordinates
factor operations.
Worker representative is a non-managerial position typically responsible for the hands on labor of the
manufactured product.
REQUIREMENTS
1. POLICIES & PROCEDURES—Each facility must have implemented procedures for HSE committees,
which must cover as a minimum, the following:
a. HSE committee must be established at each facility.
b. Committee must be comprised of at least 2 members if the location has 20 people or less and at
least 4 members if the location has more than 20 people.
c. Comprised of approximately an equal number of management and worker representatives.
d. Committee members must be representative of the major work activities.
e. Must elect chairperson.
f. Committee Representatives must serve a continuous term of at least one year.
g. Committee meetings must be conducted each month except months when quarterly
inspections are conducted.
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