title: Development of a safety decision-making scenario to measure worker safety in agriculture.
abstract: Human factors play an important role in the management of occupational safety, especially in high-hazard workplaces such as commercial grain-handling facilities. Employee decision-making patterns represent an essential component of the safety system within a work environment. This research describes the process used to create a safety decision-making scenario to measure the process that grain-handling employees used to make choices in a safety-related work task. A sample of 160 employees completed safety decision-making simulations based on a hypothetical but realistic scenario in a grain-handling environment. Their choices and the information they used to make their choices were recorded. Although the employees emphasized safety information in their decision-making process, not all of their choices were safe choices. Factors influencing their choices are discussed, and implications for industry, management, and workers are shared.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mosher
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keren
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hurburgh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016272:Occupational Health; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*