Mental, emotional factors contribute to job safety.

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• Personal Author:
  Cohen A ; Johnson B ; Kroes W ; Smith M
• Description:
  Some of the work performed by NIOSH on the behavioral and psychological factors involved in the creation of safe and healthful job conditions, in compliance with the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act, is described. Emphasis is placed on the human elements influencing accident potential in high risk jobs, the utility of psychological strategies for accident control, and management oriented approaches, focusing on safety program practices of companies having high and low accident rates. The effect on behavior of various chemical and physical agents is also analyzed. Specific topics include the finding of greater absenteeism in high noise areas, positive reinforcement as the first step towards preventing job injuries, role of supervision and safety training. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Mental Health Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Safety-measures; Accident-prevention; Safety-practices; Noise-control; Emotional-stress; Psychological-factors; Mental-processes; Legislation; Accident-investigations; Occupational-health
• ISSN:
  0093-2205
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32-37
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00051720
• Citation:
  Int J Occup Health Saf 1975 Oct; 44(5):32-37
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Occupational Health and Safety
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241921/cdc_241921_DS1.pdf
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