The Impact of Health and Safety Committees: A Study Based on Survey, Interview, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration Data

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• Personal Author:
  Boden LI ; Hall JA ; Levenstein C ; Punnett, Laura
• Description:
  In a study conducted to determine if the existence of a joint labor-management health and safety committee (HSC) was correlated with either the number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) complaints or hazardousness, as measured by OSHA serious citations, virtually no effect could be detected in a sample of 127 Massachusetts manufacturing firms. At a sample of 13 firms, interviews of HSC members were conducted. Committee attributes and perceptions about committee effectiveness were compared with the number of OSHA complaints and serious citations. There were fewer complaints and fewer serious citations at firms with HSCs that were perceived as effective. Results of the study suggest that the objective attributes of the committee may be less important to its success than the commitment of management and labor to solving workplace safety problems. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Compliance Effectiveness Research Labor Relations Labor Unions Management Personnel Manufacturing NIOSH-Grant Occupational Health Occupational Safety Occupational Safety And Health Administration OSHA Safety Climate Safety Culture Training Work Environment Worker Safety Workplace Studies

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• ISSN:
  0096-1736
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051062
• Citation:
  J Occup Med 1984 Nov; 26(11):829-834
• Contact Point Address:
  Leslie I. Boden, Ph.D., Occupational Health Program, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19770930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Medicine
• End Date:
  19940630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:180e86a2c027ff9651e72a2d8b65a9d3888bdc25afbd336d21efa58ebae4eddf66a44ce99fa6ad03273257e0e2304786237e979c5c47a32d51aeaf69d8a5246f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211193/cdc_211193_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 184.95 KB ]