Safety Culture in the News

Safety Culture in the News

What helps and hinders stopping work for safety?

Ep.10 What helps and hinders stopping work for safety? EPISODE SUMMARY On today’s episode, we discuss which factors support workers stopping their work for safety reasons and which factors hinder workers from stopping.

EPISODE NOTES The paper we use to frame today’s discussion is We Can Stop Work, but Then Nothing Gets Done.

Topics:

Why do workers not stop when risk is obvious? The purpose of focus groups as a data collection method. The pitfalls of the focus group method. Turning focus groups transcripts into research findings. How supervisors can support workers in making good decisions. Why it’s hard for workers to turn down unsafe work.