How are Organizations Complying with Health and Safety Regulations? A Content Analysis of Committee for Technical Protection and Health at Work Minutes

The main aim of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations is providing safe conditions at workplaces. A literature review was indicated that no study has been reported on the implementation and enforcement of the regulation of committee for technical protection and health at work (CTPHW) in Iran. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess how workplaces fulfill the requirements of the CTPHW regulation and prioritization of OHS issues in CTPHW’ decisions using content analysis of CTPHW’ minutes. In this study, 817 minutes for duration of 2011-2016 were assessed in Iran. The content analysis was used to assess the available documents. The findings of this study indicated that the committees gave more priority to safety issues than others. Administrative control measures were suggested as more prevalent safety measures than engineering measures and personal proactive equipment (PPEs). The qualitative analysis of the data indicated that the minutes of the companies differed in terms of the quality of the writing, assessed OHS problems, and the decisions taken about OHS. The majority of the companies did not fulfill the requirements of the CTPHW regulation in an appropriate manner. This study was concluded that the OHS authorities may help to fulfill the requirements of the CTPHW’ regulation and promote OHS status in the companies by training and encouragement.