Unions and Behavior-Based Safety: Always the Odd Couple?

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• Personal Author:
  Church G ; Frederick, Linda J. ; Winn GL
• Description:
  Many unions oppose behavior-based safety programs, the authors state, because they believe such programs encourage 'blaming the victim'. The case study presented tests whether a BBS program can succeed in a union environment. 'This project began as a sincere effort by labor and management to provide a meaningful safety program and address identified problems'. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Case Reports Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Case-studies Occupational-safety-programs Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs
• ISSN:
  0099-0027
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32-34
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029701
• Citation:
  Prof Saf 1999 Dec; 44(12):32-34
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19970701
• Source Full Name:
  Professional Safety
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f0b63d145f353b3fb125309da0385282716febf50b9cbcd56290c1a20ff4cb9f6c86308caa09f1c72b5c4607b6b33363e07eab608052d54d1b54b18b1774d610
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190628/cdc_190628_DS1.pdf
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