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The Effectiveness of Health and Safety Committees: Results of a Survey of Public‐Sector Workplaces The Effectiveness of Health and Safety Committees
Author(s) -
Eaton Adrienne E.,
Nocerino Thomas
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/0019-8676.00166
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , occupational safety and health , work (physics) , public sector , public health , business , statement of work , injury prevention , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , public relations , environmental health , poison control , public administration , medicine , political science , nursing , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , computer science , programming language
This study examines the effectiveness of occupational safety and health com‐mittees within the public sector of New Jersey. Survey data collected from work‐site representatives were matched with state‐collected reports of injury and illnesses. While there remain methodological problems with this approach, the results indicate that committee scope and training play a positive role in perceptions of committee effectiveness and that committees with more worker involvement are associated with fewer reported illnesses and injuries.