The Relative Contributions of Injury Severity and Likelihood Information on Hazard-Risk Judgments and Warning Compliance

Wogalter, Michael S.; Young, Stephen L.; Brelsford, John W.; Barlow, Todd

doi:10.1016/s0022-4375(99)00010-9

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“…These findings were expected since previous works observed that risk perception tends to increase as the severity of the scenario increase (Young et al 2015). Furthermore, the specific scenarios created may also had an influence on the obtained results (Wogalter et al 1999;Rundmo et al 2011). According to Rundmo et al (2011), severity of the consequences has influence on the level of risk acceptance; however, in areas where the severity of the consequences is moderated or small, the importance of the consequences is lower.…”

Section: Analysis Of the Risk Acceptance Levelsupporting

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Risk Acceptance in the Furniture Sector: Analysis of Acceptance Level and Relevant Influence Factors

Rodrigues

Arezes

Leão

2015

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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Risk acceptance has been broadly discussed in relation to hazardous risk activities and/or technologies. A better understanding of risk acceptance in occupational settings is also important; however, studies on this topic are scarce. It seems important to understand the level of risk that stakeholders consider sufficiently low, how stakeholders form their opinion about risk, and why they adopt a certain attitude toward risk. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to examine risk acceptance in regard to occupational accidents in furniture industries. The safety climate analysis was conducted through the application of the Safety Climate in Wood Industries questionnaire. Judgments about risk acceptance, trust, risk perception, benefit perception, emotions, and moral values were measured. Several models were tested to explain occupational risk acceptance. The results showed that the level of risk acceptance decreased as the risk level increased. High-risk and death scenarios were assessed as unacceptable. Risk perception, emotions, and trust had an important influence on risk acceptance. Safety climate was correlated with risk acceptance and other variables that influence risk acceptance. These results are important for the risk assessment process in terms of defining risk acceptance criteria and strategies to reduce risks.

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Section: Analysis Of the Risk Acceptance Levelsupporting

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Risk Acceptance in the Furniture Sector: Analysis of Acceptance Level and Relevant Influence Factors

Rodrigues

Arezes

Leão

2015

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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“…Compared to cutters with rapidly running chains or blades, the splitters' slow moving piston probably gives little references to dreadful accidents and might thus be handled with less caution (c.f. Wogalter et al 1999). …”

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Accidents in family forestry's firewood production

Lindroos

Aspman

Lidestav

et al. 2008

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Firewood is commonly used around the world, but little is known about the work involved in its production and associated accidents. The objectives were to identify relationships between accidents and: time exposure, workers' age and sex, equipment used and work activities in family forestry's firewood production. Data from a postal survey in Northern Sweden were compared to a database of injuries in the same region. Most accidents occurred to 50-69 year old men, who also worked most hours. No significant differences in sex and age were found between expected and recorded accident frequencies when calculated from total work hours; however, when calculated using numbers of active persons significant differences were found for both age and sex. Frequency of accidents per unit worked time was higher for machines involving activities than for other activities. Accidents that occurred when using wedge splitter machines were responsible for most of this overrepresentation. Fingers were the most commonly injured body parts. Mean accident rate for the equipment used was 87 accidents per million work hours, and the rate was highest for wedge splitters (122 accidents per million work hours). Exposure to elevated risks due to violation of safety procedures is discussed, as well as possible preventative measures.

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“…Just how "small" is small is a matter for judgement. If set too low, "this becomes the shield of the therapeutic nihilist" (Wogalter, Young, Brelsford, & Barlow, 1999), or the battle cry of the overly cautious or of those who see the absence of litigable intervention as more desirable than the lives which might otherwise be saved. While the proactive approach to saving a life should be lauded, this approach should not be considered without appropriate exploration of the complete picture.…”

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“…Risk can be expressed in mathematical terms; but in practice one acts by ascribing a different quantity, the subjective interpretation of risk, to the quantitative likelihood of a deleterious outcome (Pearn, 1977). Furthermore, in the field of safety promotion, it has been shown that it is not only the likelihood of an injury that is more appreciated as hazard, but the severity of injury if a risk eventuates (Wogalter, Young, Brelsford, & Barlow, 1999). The subject of risk-benefit outcome is a topical one in the public domain with headlines that proclaim, "More harm than good" (Ablin, 2014).…”

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“First, Do No Harm”: Old and New Paradigms in Prehospital Resuscitation in the Aquatic Domain

Pearn¹,

Franklin²

2017

IJARE

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The Relative Contributions of Injury Severity and Likelihood Information on Hazard-Risk Judgments and Warning Compliance

Cited by 43 publications

References 13 publications

Risk Acceptance in the Furniture Sector: Analysis of Acceptance Level and Relevant Influence Factors

Risk Acceptance in the Furniture Sector: Analysis of Acceptance Level and Relevant Influence Factors

Accidents in family forestry's firewood production

“First, Do No Harm”: Old and New Paradigms in Prehospital Resuscitation in the Aquatic Domain

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