Tennessee Code Title 50. Employer and Employee § 50-6-502

(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.

(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.