Development of an Effective Labor/Management Health and Safety Committee in a Dual-Lingual, High Hazard Industry
University of Washington, in collaboration with Seattle Iron & Metals Corporation and Teamsters Local Union 117
Project Summary
Development of a model joint labor/management health and safety committee (HSC) to address health and safety in a high hazard industry (metals recycling) with a dual-lingual (English/Spanish) workforce, and evaluation of its effectiveness in reducing harmful exposures, injury risks and improving organizational safety climate.
Amount Awarded: $223,611
Products
Baseline Assessment Report (1.8 MB PDF) - Hazard Observation Tool (654 KB PDF)
- Health & Safety Committee Member Questionnaire (633 KB PDF)
- Health & Safety Committee Training Curriculum (1.6 MB PDF)
- IH Measurements (511 KB PDF)
- Pre-Training Questionnaire (331 KB PDF)
- Post-Training Questionnaire (423 KB PDF)
- Study Timeline (457 KB PDF)
- Toolbox Trainings (1.4 MB PDF) (English & Spanish)
- Traffic Safety Report (910 KB PDF)
- Worker Questionnaire (670 KB PDF)
