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Unions, Safety Committees and Workplace Injuries
Author(s) -
Reilly Barry,
Paci Pierella,
Holl Peter
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.1995.tb00435.x
Subject(s) - workplace safety , occupational safety and health , industrial relations , joint (building) , business , exploit , sample (material) , public relations , public administration , political science , engineering , law , computer security , chromatography , architectural engineering , chemistry , computer science
This paper exploits the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey from 1990 (WIRS3) to examine the determinants of workplace injuries for a sample of manufacturing establishments in the UK. A key focus of this paper is an assessment of the role played by union‐appointed safety representatives and joint health and safety consultative committees in reducing the frequency of workplace accidents. We find that joint consultative committees, with all employee representatives appointed by unions, significantly reduce workplace injuries relative to those establishments where the management alone determine health and safety arrangements. However, an important role is also found for those joint consultative commitees where no employee representatives are appointed by unions.