Warning variables affecting personal protective equipment use

✍ Scribed by Thomas A. Dingus; Steven S. Wreggit; Jill A. Hathaway

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 882 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0925-7535
• DOI: 10.1016/0925-7535(93)90029-d

✦ Synopsis

This paper describes two studies conducted to test selected warning variables for their influence on the use of personal protective equipment . Both of the studies were field demonstrations ; one conducted in a recreational setting and the other as part of a consumer product scenario . Each of the studies involved manipulations that could be practically implemented in many warning situations. Both studies showed that cost strongly influenced the use of personal protective equipment-"Cost" was shown to include parameters of time and difficulty with obtaining the equipment. The results indicate that a small increase in cost can devastate equipment use rates. Additional factors that were shown to positively influence equipment use under at least some circumstances include: (1) the addition of "specific consequence" information, including accident frequency and severity data, to standard warning signs/labels ; and (2) product labels requiring physical manipulation by the consumer for product use .