AN EVALUATION OF THREE CORPORATE STRATEGIES FOR SAFETY BELT USE PROMOTION

Different type of awareness sessions to promote employee safety belt use were evaluated. Across 8 different employee safety meetings 3 dichotomous variables were manipulated: the type of presentation format (lecture vs discussion), the presence or absence of safety belt pledge cards, and the presence or absence of an incentive component. All groups showed a 4-fold increase in safety belt use. Five months after the interventions, belt use was still significantly higher than baseline levels. Generalization across employees was demonstrated by a sighificant increase in safety belt use for those who did not attent the awareness session. The awareness session with a discussion format influenced greater increases in safety belt use than did the lecture-based session, but pledge cards and incentives did not increase the impact of the awareness sessions.

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• Authors:
  • COPE, J G
  • Grossnickle, W F
  • Geller, E S
• Publication Date: 1986-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 243-251
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Awareness; Employment; Manual safety belts; Personnel
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495928
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 951
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM