When research shows safety devices can implicitly encourage workers to take more risk, employers need to do more to prevent workplace injury, say these academics.
Job site mottos like “safety is our priority” are not enough. Employers need to consider the crucial human dynamic that can counteract their desired injury prevention effects – and tap into strategies that might get around this safety paradox.A well-established psychological phenomenon known as risk compensation or risk homeostasis explains this safety paradox.
For instance, a driver may compensate for safety interventions like a vehicle shoulder-and-lap belt, an energy-absorbing steering column and an airbag by driving faster – trading off personal safety for time saved. In our own research, we investigated the risk compensation phenomenon among construction workers using an immersive mixed-virtual reality scenario that simulated a roofing task. We asked participants to install asphalt shingles on a real 27-degree sloped roof within a virtual environment that conveyed the sense of being 6m off the ground. Then we monitored the workers’ actions and physiological responses while they completed roofing tasks under three levels of safety protection.
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