Behavioral-based approaches and ecological approaches
Your colleague, a human resource manager at a large school district, relates to you that the district’s worker compensation insurer has noted a high number of lost work-time injuries.
Your colleague also mentions the problem is related to teachers falling or otherwise becoming injured after standing on desks to manually operate overhead projectors.
You solicit recommendations from two safety experts – one trained in behavior-based approaches to safety and health and the other who uses an ecological approach. What are the likely recommendations of each? What are the main differences between them.
Relate each of these respective solutions to the Hierarchy of Control.
In answering this question, be certain to demonstrate your understanding of behavioral-based approaches and ecological approaches.
