The importance of an equipment operator wearing their seatbelt is a life or death issue. Whether I am writing this for a fellow operator or a safety professional determines what approach I might take. When trying to persuade a fellow operator I would use a nonacademic argument that is less formal. The subject is seatbelt use but with an operator I would try to convince them to look at the actual data (rollovers kill the highest percentage of people trying to jump out) and teach them what to do in those circumstances. I would include personal stories that would reach out to the operators on an emotional side.
If I was writing to a safety professional it might be how to make the seatbelt part of the control system (maybe would suggest it won’t go out of park unless it is worn). Safety professionals already know the data, I don’t need to convince them to wear a seatbelt, I need to persuade them of how to intergrate into the system better. I would be using an academic argument citing specific research with the safety professionals.
In both cases I would do more research and have case examples from sites such as NIOSH and OSHA.
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