Building a Better Safety and Health Committee (Paperback)

by John P. Spath (Author)

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Product Description
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.

About the Author
John P. Spath, CSP is Vice President and Principal for Air Quality Consultants, Weymouth, Massachusetts, a safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental consulting company. He has over 25-years of safety and industrial hygiene experience as a division-level manager for Martin Marietta, Lockheed Sanders, and Atlantic Richfield Companies. He is Past President and Board Member of the Safety and Health Council of New Hampshire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 142 pages
• Publisher: American Society of Safety Engineers; 1st edition (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885581114
• ISBN-13: 978-1885581112
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,125,637 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, September 6, 2000

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Excellent piece of work. Mr. Spath assessed the qualities of numerous functioning safety committees in New England and reports on the key qualities that make the successful committees function well. Although the assessments were largely performed in non-union shops, the qualities of successful committees are universal. This book is an excellent resource for committee members wanting to start a new committee or members who want to make an existing committee be the best.