- Title
- Effect of creative thinking on OHS committees
- Creator
- Culvenor, John; Ayers, Gerard
- Date
- 2002
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/37939
- Identifier
- vital:2211
- Identifier
- ISSN:0815-6409
- Abstract
- An important principle of Australian OHS law is that workers participate in the management of health and safety via OHS committees and representatives. A further principle is that workplaces engage in problem solving processes according to a hierarchy of hazard control - rather than simply following prescriptive rules. The OHS committee is therefore a problem-solving forum. However, the benefits of problem- solving or creative thinking techniques within committees have not been widely explored. To test the effects, two OHS committees from two construction companies were trained in a combination of creative thinking and risk control concepts. Subjects were tested on their ability to generate solutions and to rank solutions. They were compared with untrained subjects from two further committees. The results showed that the trained subjects generated more solutions and, when ranking solutions, showed a greater preference for solutions which were higher on the hierarchy of controls. (author abstract)
- Relation
- Journal of Occupational Health and Safety, Australia and New Zealand Vol. 18, no. 3 (2002), p. 239-246
- Rights
- Copyright CCH Australia
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Occupational health and safety; Construction industry; Creative thinking; Problem solving; OHS committees
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