1. The committee may make recommendations to the employer on any matter affecting health and safety. This may be done on any relevant matter and is not confined to issues raised by the inspectorate. Where these recommendations fail to resolve the matter, the committee may convey them to an inspector.
2. In addition, a health and safety committee is required to discuss any incident at the workplace as a result of which any person became injured, ill or died.
3. The committee may make a report on the incident to an inspector. This requires the health and safety committee to take an active role in the analysis of accidents and other serious incidents with a view to both establishing their causes and preventing an occurrence.