RISK-COMPENSATION - A THEORETICAL APPROACH SUITABLE TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY?

Although Risk-Compensation- respectively Risk-Homeostasis-Theory (RCT/RHT) has attracted much scientific and public attention with regard to road safety issues, no one so far tries to extend this theoretical concept to other spheres where people are also confronted with hazards, e.g. work situations. This paper undertakes the attempt to develop some categories to build a set of variables that could be used for testing RCT/RHT assumptions within industrial settings. A case study shows how findings might be interpreted by the suggestion of a compensatory (behavioral) process, but also through other theoretical explanations. The conclusion is that the adaption of RCT/RHT to occupational safety needs additional theoretical effort as well as empirical research in various spheres of industrial production. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 870346.

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  STYX PUBLICATIONS

  POSTBUS 2659
  GRONINGEN,   Netherlands  CR9701
• Authors:
  • RUPPERT, F
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 109-18
• Serial:
  • CHALLENGES TO ACCIDENT PREVENTION. THE ISSUE OF RISK COMPENSATION BEHAVIOUR
  • Publisher: STYX PUBLICATIONS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash rates; Health; Jobs; Risk taking; Safety
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 9001: Behaviour; 2144: Health; 2271: Occupation; 2259: Risk taking; 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00715935
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90-72371-60-7
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 31 1996 12:00AM