[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1960.36]

[Page 176-177]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1960_BASIC PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL 
SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS AND RELATED MATTERS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart F_Occupational Safety and Health Committees
 
Sec. 1960.36  General provisions.


    (a) The occupational safety and health committees described in this 
subpart are organized and maintained basically to monitor and assist an 
agency's safety and health program. These committees assist agencies to 
maintain an open channel of communication between employees and 
management concerning safety and health matters in agency workplaces. 
The committees provide a method by which employees can utilize their 
knowledge of workplace operations to assist agency management to improve 
policies, conditions, and practices.
    (b) Agencies may elect to establish safety and health committees 
meeting the minimum requirements contained

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in this subpart. Where such committees are not established or fail to 
meet the minimum requirements established by the Secretary, the 
Secretary is authorized by section 1-401(i) of Executive Order 12196 to 
conduct unannounced inspections of agency workplaces when the Secretary 
determines them necessary.