Section 13. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Committee.— To ensure that the safety and health program is observed and enforced, a safety and health committee shall be organized in covered workplaces composed of the following:

1. Employer or a representative as the chairperson, ex officio;

2. Safety officer of the company or project as the secretary;

3. Safety officers representing the contractor or subcontractor, as the case may be, as members;

4. Physicians, nurses, certified first-aiders, and dentists as members, ex officio, if applicable; and

5. Workers’ representatives who shall come from the union if the workers are organized or elected by the workers through a simple majority vote if they are unorganized, as members.

The committee shall effectively plan, develop, oversee and monitor the implementation of the safety and health program.