Encouraging worker participation in safety programs: a selected review of research findings.

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• Personal Author:
  Peters RH
• Description:
  Various strategies have been used to encourage employee participation in safety programs. The intent of this presentation is to provide guidance to safety professionals concerning the use of three techniques for encouraging employees to participate in their safety program: (1) employee surveys, (2) incentives, and (3) fear communications. Each strategy is briefly described and a summary of the empirical evidence concerning its effectiveness and limitations is given. Some recommendations are made concerning the use of these strategies.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Acoustics Ear Electric Power Supplies Hearing Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Protective Clothing Safety Sense Organs Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Employees Safety-education Safety-programs Safety-research Workers
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027636
• Citation:
  NOIRS 1997 Abstracts of the National Occupational Injury Research Symposium 1997. Washington, DC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1997 Oct; :4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:38f55ded0b27def6fee338540becc7f640031c7ced1d3334074889a88b986b4d1e1422e8f9e2829f36a0939368a1ae3e416c5b685d76dda44c01f0a622daeda5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181335/cdc_181335_DS1.pdf
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