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  • Title: The impact of health and safety committees. A study based on survey, interview, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration data.
    Author: Boden LI, Hall JA, Levenstein C, Punnett L.
    Journal: J Occup Med; 1984 Nov; 26(11):829-34. PubMed ID: 6502286.
    Abstract:
    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.
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