OSHA views safety committees as critical to the development of sound "safety cultures" in U.S. companies. But while 92% of U.S. companies have safety committees, there has been very little information published on how to improve their effectiveness or on how start a new committee. The author wrote this book based on survey information collected by the New Hamphsire Safety Council of employees at over 1000 companies, following that state's reform of Worker's Compensation. He also drew on his own 20-years' experience of working with a variety of safety committees in different industries.
Many of the issues explored can be used either by existing or new committees. Separate chapters discuss committe leadership, training committee members in conducting meetings, supplying and gathering information, and the legal issues confronting companies with a collective-bargaining agreement.
