Impact of Safety Committees on Organizational Safety and Health: a Case of Listed Companies at the Nairobi Stock Exchange

This book examines the impact of Safety Committees on organizational safety and health of Listed Companies at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). The central theme of the book focuses on factors that affect safety and health at the workplace. The book also establishes the extent to which Safety Committees affect accident rates, man-hours lost, work injury compensation cost and employee safety awareness. Taking a descriptive and analytical approach, the chapters demonstrate how establishment of Safety Committees in some of the listed companies have an effect on safety and health through increased employee training on safety issues, reduced rate of occupational accidents, ill health and thus enhanced employee safety awareness at the workplace. It is envisaged that the issues dealt with in this book, will be invaluable reference material to Academicians, Policy Makers, Non-governmental Organizations, Board of Directors and Top Management of Organizations, Safety Committees, the Directorate of Occupational Health and Safety Services, and future researchers among others. The general reader can also find this book useful.