| Document ID (ISN) | 100875 |
| CIS number |
02-1904 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-7176-2155-3 |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSE Research Report RR 028
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| Author(s) |
Hughson G.W., Mulholland R.E., Cowie H.A.
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Behavioural studies of people's attitudes to wearing hearing protection and how these might be changed |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 2002. vi, 116p. 22 ref. Price: GBP 20.00. |
| Internet access |
http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr028.pdf [in English]
|
| Abstract |
Workers exposed to noise do not always wear hearing protection when they should. This is due to a range of physical, ergonomic and behavioural factors. This report describes a study carried out to identify ways in which workers' behaviour could be modified so as to make them more likely to adopt hearing protection. In a first phase, a range of companies were visited to assess the degree of workers' use and acceptance of hearing protection and to determine what action management had taken to encourage its use. In a second phase, examples of good practice were identified from these surveys and from the literature, and implemented into workplace interventions that were carried out in four of the companies previously visited. The interventions included providing suitable training and information, offering alternative types of hearing protection, and coaching management in basic feedback and communication techniques for encouraging workers to modify their behaviour. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
hearing protection; safety consciousness; disobeying safety instructions; safety training in industry; human behaviour |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; information dissemination; United Kingdom; safety and health training; survey; safe working methods; role of management; report |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Safety culture and safety consciousness
Psychological factors
Hearing protection
OSH training
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