The Local Occupational Health and Safety Committee (LAMU) discusses the occupational health and safety efforts, advises on solutions to specific occupational health and safety issues and follows up on whether the occupational health and safety work is effective and preventive.

LAMU reports to the head of department/head of school/head of centre/deputy director and the Faculty Occupational Health and Safety Committee/Administration Occupational Health and Safety Committee (FAMU/AAMU). In units that are not part of a faculty/administration, LAMU refers directly to HAMU. LAMU coordinates and supports the efforts of the occupational health and safety groups.

Who are the members of LAMU?

The Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees are chaired by the head of department/head of school/head of center/deputy director. However, it is possible to appoint another relevant manager as chair of the committee.

In addition, each committee consists of two occupational health and safety representatives and two management representatives, and possibly a student representative with observer status. The number of committee members may be increased. Regardless of which manager chairs the committee, the chair must be able to act on behalf of the head of department/head of school/head of center/deputy director/ in questions about occupational health and safety.

The occupational health and safety representatives in the committee are elected by and from among the department’s/school’s/unit’s occupational health and safety representatives.  The managers are appointed to the Local Occupational Health and Safety Committee from the unit's occupational health and safety groups. Thus, the committee cannot be composed until the occupational health and safety groups have been established: It is recommended that the committee is composed to broadly reflect the department’s/unit’s work areas, locations, and job categories.

The members of the Local Occupational Health and Safety Committee represent all the occupational health and safety groups and their interests.

Examples of the tasks of LAMU

In general, LAMU must perform the tasks defined in the Danish Working Environment Authority’s order on cooperation on health and safety.

• Prepare action plans and follow up on workplace assessment (WPA) work, including cooperation with the local liaison committee on well-being.
• Carry out the statutory annual occupational health and safety review for the department/center/school/administrative division and prevent occupational health and safety problems.
• Ensure compliance with Danish occupational health and safety legislation as well as AU’s internal rules and guidelines.
• Advise the occupational health and safety groups and support their work.
• Prevent and analyze work-related accidents.
• Highlight and provide information about the occupational health and safety work and the occupational health and safety organization in the unit.
• Raise any issues with FAMU/AAMU which the Local Occupational Health and Safety Committee cannot resolve on its own.

LAMU advises the unit’s management on which occupational health and safety groups to establish.