655 Utilizing Worker Expertise and Maximizing the Brain Reward Centers

Workers gain a feeling of gratification when their ideas are used to improve occupational safety. There is a biological mechanism that is responsible for this gratifying feeling. This session will describe this biological mechanism and demonstrate how it can be maximized by SH&E professionals to improve occupational safety programs.

Instructor(s): Tony B. Martinez, CSP, CIH, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Corrales, NM

Level: I A E