Influencing Attitudes Toward Workplace Illnesses and Injuries

List of chapters

• Executive Summary
• Introduction

1. EMPLOYEES’ ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR
   1. Factors Affecting Employees’ Attitudes and Behavior
      1. Factors Affecting Behavior
      2. Factors Affecting Attitudes
   2. Examples of Successful Interventions
      1. Behavior-oriented Incentive-based Interventions
         • Negative Reinforcement: Coercion and Disciplinary Sanctions
         • Negative Reinforcement: Zero Tolerance
         • Positive Reinforcement: A Behavioristic Approach
         • Positive Reinforcement: Safety Contests
      2. Behavior-based Safety Management
         • Zero Permitted Occasion
         • Behavior Data Banks
         • Empowerment
      3. Joint Interventions
      4. Training and Education
   3. Lessons to be Derived from Those Interventions
      1. Human Factors Which Drive Change in Attitudes and Behavior
      2. Conditions of Success
   4. Recommendations
2. MANAGEMENT’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS RISK AND PREVENTION
   1. Factors Affecting Management’s Attitudes
      1. The Barriers
      2. The Positive Influences
   2. Examples of Successful Interventions
      1. Legislation
      2. Training and Education
   3. Lessons to be Derived from Those Interventions
      1. Factors That Drive Change in the Workplace
      2. Conditions of Success
   4. Recommendations
3. SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY OF RISK
   1. Factors Affecting the Public’s Attitudes Towards Risk
      1. Major Hazards
      2. Workplace Hazards
      3. Road Safety
      4. Home and Life Safety
      5. Health Promotion
      6. Farming and Environmental Hazards
   2. Examples of Successful Interventions
      1. Legislation
      2. Media Campaigns
      3. General Education Campaigns
      4. Integration into the Education System
      5. Integrated/Community Approaches
   3. Lessons to be Derived from Those Interventions
      1. Factors That Drive Change in the Workplace
      2. Towards an Intervention Strategy
   4. Recommendations

• Conclusion and Final Recommendations
  • Outlines of a Potential Campaign
  • A Summary of Important Points to Note
• References