Risk perception following exposure to a job-related electrocution accident: the mediating role of perceived control risk

Risk perception

• personal risk estimation

Endpoint

• perceived risk for future electrocution events, personal control to prevent future events and mental simulation future events

Considered exposure sources

• • 50/60 Hz
  • touch current
• • electric injuries/electrocution
• • occupational

Investigated group

16 employees of a recreational facility where a lifeguard was accidently electrocuted and a control group without experience of an electrocution (n=16) took part in a survey in the USA.