Department of Community Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Health Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-6210, USA.
Am J Ind Med. 2013 Feb;56(2):163-79. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22096. Epub 2012 Aug 6.
Although perhaps the most common worker-management structure, there has been surprisingly little research on describing and evaluating the characteristics of health and safety committees.
A survey of 380 health and safety committee members from 176 manufacturing workplaces was supplemented with administrative data and compared with reported workers' compensation rates. Survey respondents also reported perceptions of overall safety, committee, effectiveness, committee activities, and "best practices."
Extensive descriptive data is presented, including a mean of 8.7 members per committee spending 1,167 hr per year on committee business for an estimate of $40,500 worth of time per committee. Higher speed to correct action items, a focus on ergonomics, and planning for safety training was associated with lower injury rates. The discrepancy between managers and hourly committee members in estimating overall safety was strongly positively associated with injury rates.
Communications and worker involvement may be important to address discrepancy issues. Prospective studies are needed to distinguish directionality of associations.
尽管工管结构或许是最常见的结构，但对于描述和评估健康安全委员会的特征，相关研究却少之又少。
对来自 176 家制造业工作场所的 380 名健康安全委员会成员进行了调查，同时辅以管理数据，并将调查结果与报告的工人赔偿率进行了比较。调查对象还报告了对整体安全、委员会、有效性、委员会活动以及“最佳实践”的看法。
提供了广泛的描述性数据，包括每个委员会平均有 8.7 名成员，每年花在委员会事务上的时间为 1167 小时，估计每个委员会的时间价值为 40500 美元。更快地纠正行动项目、关注人体工程学以及规划安全培训与较低的受伤率有关。管理人员和小时工委员会成员在估计整体安全方面的差异与受伤率呈强正相关。
沟通和工人参与对于解决差异问题可能很重要。需要前瞻性研究来区分关联的方向。
