The Safety Culture Act enacted by the 1993 Montana State Legislature encourages employees and employers to come together to create and implement a workplace safety philosophy. It is the intent of the act to raise workplace safety to a preeminent position in the minds of all Montana’s workers and employers.

Six Basic Requirements of the Act

• New-employee safety orientation.
• Task-specific safety training.
• Refresher safety training, on a regular schedule.
• Safety awareness promotion.
• Self-inspection.
• Documentation of above.

Requirements for Employers With More Than Five Employees

• Safety responsibility / accountability.
• Incident investigation and reporting.
• Safety committee creation with these requirements:
• • Employer and employee representatives.
  • Employee members who are volunteers or elected by their peers.
  • Regularly scheduled meetings, held at least every four months.
  • Tasked with assisting the employer in fact-finding.

Learn more about the Montana Safety Culture Act.