ABSTRACT

Purpose: Nudging incorporates adjustments to a task or environment in ways that nudge people to do the right thing, sometimes without them even having to think about it. The project will seek to address dairy labor and safety challenges by examining the efficacy of “nudging” principles to improve worker safety and the efficiency of work processes.

Methods: Researchers will ask farmers to select three issues on the farm that they would like to resolve. Data will be collected to further define and elucidate these issues (i.e. survey data, mapping the task environment, videotaping tasks, and interviewing workers). Each of these issues will be assessed by the project team to select one issue that fulfills the following criteria: 1) the root cause is a behavioral problem; 2) safety could be incorporated into the solution; and 3) it could be reasonably implemented and evaluated. Project team members will then conduct a behavioral reduction, map the behavior, assess the behavioral components, apply a priority filter, and develop a solution using the cognitive strategy best suited to the issue.

Results/Findings: Interviews and surveys will be conducted before and after the implementation of nudging projects to evaluate: 1) the process and 2) the outcomes (are safer practices being adopted by workers? If yes, has time to perform the task been reduced? Has effort to perform the task been reduced? Have other efficiencies been created?).

Practical Application: Videos and one-page summaries of nudging projects will be created. These will be featured on the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety (NEC) website and circulated at events such as the NY Farm Show and Empire Farm Days. NEC trainers will share one-pagers with farmers at safety trainings and during worksite safety walk-throughs.

摘要

目的：推销将对任务或环境的调整以推挤人们做正确事情的方式进行，有时甚至无需他们去思考。该项目将通过审查“疏导”原则以提高工人安全性和工作流程效率的方法，寻求解决乳业劳工和安全方面的挑战。

方法：研究人员将要求农民选择他们想解决的三个问题。将收集数据以进一步定义和阐明这些问题（即调查数据，绘制任务环境图，录像任务和采访工作人员）。项目团队将评估每个问题，以选择一个满足以下条件的问题：1）根本原因是行为问题；2）可以将安全性纳入解决方案；3）可以合理实施和评估。然后，项目团队成员将进行减少行为，绘制行为图，评估行为成分，应用优先级过滤器，并使用最适合该问题的认知策略制定解决方案。

结果/调查结果：将在实施裸结项目之前和之后进行访谈和调查，以评估：1）过程和2）结果（工人是否采用了更安全的做法？如果是，是否减少了执行任务的时间？是否减少了执行任务的精力？是否提高了其他效率？）。

实际应用：将创建视频和裸露项目的一页摘要。这些将在东北职业健康与安全中心（NEC）网站上刊登，并在纽约农场秀和帝国农场日等活动中散发。NEC培训人员将在安全培训和现场安全演练期间与农民共享一页寻呼机。