If a safety committee has not been selected by the employes, a safety committee consisting of the mine superintendent, mine foreman, at least one assistant mine foreman, or, in the absence of such officials, a designated qualified agent or agents of the operator and at least two persons selected by the employes working in the mine shall be formed to acquaint the workers with the shortcomings of the mine as indicated by the State mine inspector and prescribing appropriate precautions and remedial action. The mine superintendent shall execute, on behalf of the safety committee a monthly report on the last work day of each calendar month with the Department of Mines and Mineral Industries¹ containing a statement that the committee met and a summary of the information that was furnished to the employes.