Strategies for Encouraging Self-Protective Employee Behavior

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• Personal Author:
  Peters, Robert H.
• Description:
  This presentation was prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to provide safety professionals with some direction concerning the choice of strategies for encouraging employees to adopt self-protective behaviors and avoid unsafe acts. Four strategies are considered: (1) incentives, (2) employee surveys, (3) fear communications, and (4) disciplinary actions. Each strategy is described, and the research findings concerning its effectiveness and limitations are briefly summarized. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Behavior Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Behavior-patterns Injury-prevention Safety-practices Safety-programs
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024899
• Citation:
  Abstract Book, U.S. Department of the Interior Conference on the Environment and Safety, April 24-28, 1995. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1995 Apr; :40
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:460441549aaa09e086b163ee59e56d36bc98c70cd80f864a3903e208b833985f1351e3e2c87d20e3d6f3f95bc3560996ac25cf9ba008480d0eda22fb5fb4673c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220860/cdc_220860_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 267.29 KB ]