(a) In carrying out § 50-6-501, the administrator of the workers’ compensation bureau shall promulgate rules that include, but are not limited to, provisions:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-6-502

  • Administrator: means the chief administrative officer of the bureau of workers' compensation of the department of labor and workforce development. See Tennessee Code 50-6-102
  • Employee: includes every person, including a minor, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, the president, any vice president, secretary, treasurer or other executive officer of a corporate employer without regard to the nature of the duties of the corporate officials, in the service of an employer, as employer is defined in subdivision (11), under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, written or implied. See Tennessee Code 50-6-102
  • Employer: includes any individual, firm, association or corporation, the receiver or trustee of the individual, firm, association or corporation, or the legal representative of a deceased employer, using the services of not less than five (5) persons for pay, except as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 50-6-102
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Prescribing the membership of the committees to ensure equal numbers of hourly employees and employer representatives as well as specifying the frequency of meetings;
(2) Requiring employers to make adequate written records of each meeting and to maintain the records subject to inspection by Tennessee occupational safety and health administration representatives; and
(3) Requiring employers to compensate employee representatives on safety committees at the regular hourly wage while the employees are engaged in safety committee training or are attending safety committee meetings.
(b) The duties and functions of the safety committee shall include, but are not limited to:

(1) Assisting in establishing procedures for workplace safety inspections by the committee;
(2) Assisting in establishing procedures for investigating all safety incidents, accidents, illnesses and deaths; and
(3) Assisting in evaluating accident and illness prevention programs.
(c) The employer shall provide training for safety committee members in their duties and responsibilities provided in subsection (b).
(d) An employer operating under a collective bargaining agreement that contains provisions regulating the formation and operation of a safety committee that meets or exceeds the minimum requirements of this section and § 50-6-501 may apply to the administrator of the workers’ compensation bureau for a determination that the employer meets the requirements of this section and § 50-6-501.
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