Upon the written request of any employee, each employer subject to the workers' compensation law shall appoint a safety committee. The safety committee shall consist of not less than three committee members, one of whom must be a nonsupervisory employee. The safety committee shall advise the employer regarding safety in the work place, including suggestions from employees regarding safety conditions in the work place. Any employee shall have the right to notify the safety committee of a safety condition in the work place. The safety committee shall develop procedures by which an employee may give such notification. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employer who now or in the future has an established safety committee pursuant to contract or agreement with its employees or their representative.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.
Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 25-5-3 - Secretary to Prepare and Distribute Forms, Etc.
Section 25-5-4 - Reports and Records of Injuries for Which Compensation Claimed.
Section 25-5-5 - Reports of Settlements.
Section 25-5-6 - Circuit Court Clerks to Report Disposition of Cases.
Section 25-5-7 - Supplementary Reports as to Initiation, Cessation, etc., of Compensation Payments.
Section 25-5-8 - Employers' Options to Secure Payment of Compensation.
Section 25-5-9 - Pooling of Employers' Liabilities for Qualification as Self-Insurers.
Section 25-5-10 - Liabilities of Persons Engaged in Schemes, etc., to Avoid Liability to Workers.
Section 25-5-12 - Chief Justice of Supreme Court to Prepare Uniform Rules for Circuit Courts.
Section 25-5-13 - Applicability of Chapter.
Section 25-5-15 - Safety Committee.
Section 25-5-15.1 - State Safety Program; Legislative Intent; Creation.