Selected principles of human safety in the workplace
by Ralph L. Barnett, Peter Barroso Jr., Beth A. Hamilton, Gene D. Litwin
International Journal of Materials and Product Technology (IJMPT), Vol. 4, No. 2, 1989

Abstract: To further worker safety, we must first understand the many human influences on the workplace. Indeed we must also recognise the full effects of the very devices we add with intent of improving safety. To pertinent safety philosophies will be addressed herein. The Dependency Hypothesis considers that every safety system gives rise to a statistically significant patten of user dependence. To realize fully its implications, however, we must first consider the Intrinsic Classification of Safeguarding systems which places them into seven mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive categories.

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