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HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY minimize or ignore the work already being earned on to reduce accidents Safety de vices, safer machines, safe work layout, and many other aids and measures all are a part of the total program The human fac tor is one more aspect of the whole in volved system The total working atmosphere must be considered Man controls his environment to a large degree, and everything which makes it warm, fnendly, pleasant, and se cure contributes to safety If the work situ ation is perceived by the people to be cold, hostile, or threatening, it will work against the objectives sought by safety men The worker's reaction to the work place de pends partly on the physical surroundings, but even more on the relationships he has with others If these are good, the rest of the environment is of less importance, but if neither is good, the stage is set for acci dents Men, machines, and materials are three of the mam components of industry. They can be employed for safety Machines and materials can be controlled, but the human factor must be guided m the interests of accident prevention References Argyru, Chris Understanding Organizational Behavior Homewood, HI, Dorsey Press, Inc, 1960 Asimov, Isaac The Human Brain Its Capacities and Functions Boston, Mass, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1964 Association tor the Aid of Crippled Children, New York Behavioral Approaches in Accident Re search 1961 Bellows, Roger M Psychology o/ Personnel in Business and Industry Englewood Cliffs, N J, Prentice Hall, Inc, 1954 Blum, M L Industrial Psychology and Its Social Foundations New York City, Harper and Brothers, 1956 Brody, L Human Factors Research in Occupational Accident Prevention, 1962 (American Society of Safety Engineers, 5 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois ) Brody, L end H F Dunbar Basic Aspects and Applications of the Psychology of Safety New York City, Center for Safety Education, New York University, 1959 Brakeman, E E, and C S Sloeombe "Renew of Recent Experimental Results Relevant to the Study of Individual Accident Susceptibility '' Psychological Bulletin, XXVI 15-3B, 1939. Brown, J A C Social Psychology of Industry Baltimore, Md, Penguin Books, 1962 Brown, J S The Motivation of Behavior New York City, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961 Cameron, N, The Psychology o/ Behavior Disorders, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947 Cameron, N, and A Magret. Behavior Pathology Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951 Cardall. A J "Psychological Factors in Accident Prevention " Personnel Journal, XXVI 288-93, 1948 Carrol, K A Mental Hygiene New York City, Prentice-Hall Inc, 1947 Cartwright, D, and Zander, A Group Dynamics, Evanston, 111, Row, Peterson and Co, 1953. (Now Harper and Row Publishers, Inc) Davis, Keith, Human Relations in Industry New York City, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1957 DePhillips, P A, W M Berliner, and J J Cnbbm Management of Training Programs Home- wood, IU , Richard D Irwin, Inc , 1960 Drake, C A "Accident Proneness A Hypothesis " Character and Personality, 8 335-341, 1940 Dunbar, H F Mind and Body Psychosomatic Medicine New York City, Random House, 1947 Eysenck, H S Uses and Abuses ol Psychology Baltimore, Md, Penguin Books Fleishman, Edwin A Studies in Personnel and Industrial Psychology Homewood, 111, Dorsey Press, Inc, 1961 Gardner, B B, and D G Moore Human Relations in Industry, 3rd rev ed Homewood, 111, Richard D Irwin, Inc, 1955 Ghiselli, E E, and C W Brown Personnel and Industrial Psychology New York City, McGraw- Hill Book Company, 1955 Hannaford, Earle S "Good Safety Attitudes and How to Develop Them *' National Safety News, 79 22-23 (June 1959) "Motivation--The Art of Letting People Have it Your Way " National Salety News, 83 28-30 (Feb 1961)